SANITARY INSPECTION.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 312, 5 December 1918, Page 7

SANITARY INSPECTION.

[TO THE EDITOR-1 ! Sir,—During the present epidemic there has been a lot written re the sanitary condition and inspection of our town. First cf all, when things were reported to be not too nice, we were told the inspector was overworked and could not give this matter the atten- ! tion it required. It would be interesting to the ordinary observer to know ’ what there is about a small town like ' Hastings to cause the overwork. Is he : merely inspector in name, and has other : duties to perform that precludes the ! carrying out of this most particular business in a proper manner. If this is , I the case then it is no credit to our Council to have important duties like. i this neglected at any time. To safe-; : guard the public health should be one, ! of the first and important matters to 'engage that body’s attention. We have’ been told time after time that our town from a sanitary point of view is anything but satisfactory, in fact a long way from it. Where does the fault lay? Does the Council back up its Inspector in his reports? I am very much afraid, sir, such is not the case. If not, then the office is only so much waste of money, and the sooner it is abolished tho better. lam not aware what powers the Council possesses under this particular law. If they have any, they do not appear to exercise them. During my dong residence in this town 1 cannot call to mind a single instance where anyone has been called to account for having dirty premises. If a man can , be sued and fined heavily for selling ‘ watered milk, 1 cannot understand why . a person who keeps thirty premises, en- ; dangering the health and lives of his • fellow citizens, should not be also, n e ( have had dozens of cases reported dur-. 1 ing the last few weeks, not alone by the ; Inspector, but also by those who have been assisting during the fearful ordeal [ w<» have been passing through. Some- i one is to blame for this disgraceful; slate of affairs, and it is high time it was found out who, and insist on them { putting things in J Hastings, Dec. 4th, 1918. C