STABLES IN TOWN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12657, 10 January 1912, Page 7

STABLES IN TOWN.

Amongst the correspondence placed before the Borough Council last evening was a letter (rom Dr. Chesson, actingdistrict health officer, Wellington, respecting the sanitation of stables. He stated that on his recent visit to the Borough he noticed that although, the cleanliness of the stables had been on the whole greatly improved, very little progress had been made m the direction of permanent improvement m the matter of flooring and drainage. Consequently there was considerable nuisance m some of the premises. This condition of affairs, he added, might not have called for much comment m the days when Gisborne Mas a small township ; but this was no longer the case — Gisborne was now a. town of considerable importance, with a large and increasing population, and it was that these insanitary conditions should be at once rectified for the safety of the community. After emphasising the fact that nies are the carriers of disease, the health officer pointed out that whilst there may have been no sickness m the stables, it was quite possible the stable hands Avere, through constant association, insusceptible to the evil. Other people who had not grown accustomed to living m the effluvia arising from inlanitary stables were not likely to, have inquired this immunity, and .he did not see why they should be exposed any longer to these risks. Such conditions , existing m any stables ih Wellington ! would be met by condemnation and or- 1 der for demolition where the 1 required J work had not been carried out. He also declared that practical men had asserted that horses's legs do not suffer so much on concrete as they do on wood or even brick, owing to cleaner surroundings. Where arrangements are being made for the use of the present site of any stable for other purposes, he recognised it would be unreasonable to ask for an extensive outlay, but not more than four or five months should be allowed, after which the premises should either be discontinued for use as stables or brought up to the proper standard.