CITY SANITATION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2162, 30 May 1914, Page 6

CITY SANITATION

REVIEW OP THE PAST YEAR INSPECTOR'S REPORT In his annual report to tlie City te the tear, wliieh ended on Mnrek 3.1 last, tho Chief Sanitary Inspector (Mf. J. Doyle) states that generally tho Eamtai-y condition of tho City is iatisfwhiry. The downward re»tka»ey of tho <teatl.i fate continues, the figures for tho year (9.08) showing. an improve* JBCttt on tho- iignres of tho previous year (9,13). This, tho inspector submits, is an Mioafeii of tho Mine of sani-' t-ary regulations. During tho year tiio inspector and his subordinates jr.ado 32,27? inspections, airf tho number of notices served (arising oilt of tfeesa inspections) wa» 4889. Of these 47M were complied with, nftc! tho others were to hand. Defective sanitary fittings were tho subject of 27 tO notices, <lefe-ctivo water fittings of 1898, defective spouting of 407, and 539 householders ivero instructed to provide refuse receptacles and 275 to remove- rftfus®, • Twelve billiard ropms were Meowed during the year. No complaint has been received as to the conduct of these rooms. _ , , Oases of infectious. disease in the City reported during tbo year numbered 53 i. Details Cfoses. Scarlet Foref 225! Diphtheria 83 Tuberculosis , I'W Enteric ?R Blood Poisoning 1J Hydration J Chioken Pox W9. Anterior PoljoaiyditAs ; 2

m "These eases aw 'noted oil the houso cafda and the partieulats entered in a ledger kept for that purpose liieesrses arid fees prodticed during the year £0592 lis. Get., as unto:-Auc-tioneers, £1125; billiard rotfms and attendants, JSCS Cm.; carts and expresses, £#4 SaJ; dairies and milk carts, £30 55.; dog registration. fees, £D9l lis. 6d.: drivers, .£72 18s.; hackney and motor cabs. £12} lis.: hawkers, £-39 !0s„; iifrardiugs, £20:5 10s.; jfteal vendors. f'32 10s.; sorters, £6 55.; public IrailfliiiEs, £197 lis.: seeoiMWiaiid dealers, £1.3 10s.; weipflrihg M-achiJies, £60 10s. 0:!.: clubs, £$5; tag&rows ponds, £'200' is. i. drain co-micctars, £3i> 9 s,: 'clectrical flttm. £17 lis.;.jiacfetft licenses, £t! to. 2d.; motor cycles, £75: motor cars, £10" 25.: motor waaon and dcKv-cry. vails, £.31 lis. Pd,: publicans, Cl!)f)t; wholesale licenses., £4.10 17-S. B'd. $ pawivhrofers, £80: Stasjc onrriage (motor tos), £4 10s,; total. £6382 lis. fid. "There arc. new 4400 houses in the : outlying; districts, being an inofca.sc af 167 during tho year, and the number p&w eennccted with' the sewers is 2891. The grater part of the district- in-; specter's (Mr. Greeks) time is taken up ' in dealing with complaints regarding: wandering; cattle., and gorso which WJ beaonio daflgeraus from fore, He sent in 8.0 ttpinirj ia refweiico to wandering ' Cattlo; there wero 71 prosecutions and : the ffftes and costs resulting amo'.nr.cd ' to £45 §s. (3d. He -also reported in 100 cases where gorso Was overgrown to such atl extent #» to. he it danger from fire (?octi<»\ 733 By-law), and in nearly «W6ry enso we had the danger Temaved. "SB'S hiiiWiHgs wwe brought lindor the • notice of the Department of Public Hcalf-h as tfftfit tot' liaMfeatieTt. Five wfro p'.iHed down* and ilie other repaired td' tlie iatjsMtiort ' of- the Depart* ' •mcrnt, Nino bund roil a'iid. Jseveiity i&am-\ plaints wore received and attended to, "Tlito are <53 tmtehers' shops and 51 milk shorn licensed; theses and all other places where foodstuffs are seld are un-; dor special Supervision, a-n.d 1 am able to. say," the inspector stdtesj ! 'fchat the panditltms under which this class of business is carried on ham been very much improved. "In nccordiince, wi'.ii inM.ruet.ions a number of liotieQ Mates wflrnii'E nesnk against esijectorating oft the footpaths rtre m sJm>W» in conspicuous ro=jtions. which should have a. tra&tl effect. It would also ho an advantaijo if more wire rtihliisth-boxOß were, placed in • the streets.''