HEALTH OF THE CITY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18059, 6 April 1922, Page 8

HEALTH OF THE CITY.

MARKED IMPROVEMENT. CO-OPERATION OF CITIZENS. A statement to tho offect that the health of the city shows a marked improvement was made yesterday by the Mayor, Mr. J H. Gunson. He said a full report upon tho subject of the city's ißaiutary precautions and health crusade during the past year would bo submitted to the City Council this ovoning by the chief sanitary officer, Mr. C. T. Haynes. Of late tho council had received fuller co-operation from the citizens, both householders and occupiers of business premises, than had been the case previously. This was probably due in part to Uio activities of J-ho council and the recent prosecutions, by means of which it had been made clear that the council would not tolerate any slackness in sanitary matters. In all 138 poisons had been summoned and convictions had been obtained in each case. The rat campaign had reduced the number of rodents in the danger zones of the city by n.t least 80 per cent. The Mayor addod that the death rate in the city for 1921 was 10.5 per 1000 of the population, compared with 12.29 in 1920, and an average of 12.7 per 1000 for tho preceding 20 yiars. Deducting the deaths from influenza in 1918 the average for 'the 20 years referred to would be 12.3 per 1000. Tho sanitary by-laws wore now up to a very high standard of requirement.