BOROUGH IN PECTION

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2453, 18 March 1909, Page 5

BOROUGH IN PECTION

TO BE COMMENCED TO-DAY-Mr C. A. Schauer, Chief Inspector of V the Public Health Department, and Mr- ; D. Munro, District Health Inspector for y Hawke’s Bay, arrived in Gisborne yesterday to make a house to house visitation of the town and to report upon tho J sanitation of the Borough to their chief officer (Dr. J. M- ■Mason) who will in turn report to'the Borough Council. The Inspectors will have The assistance of Messrs J. R. Little and CFerris in their work, and will start out> upon their task to-day. The Inspectors are given power by law to enter all premises, houses or rooms where thev think a nuisance is likely to exist. The question has been raised as ta what would happen if the Borough Council refused or neglected to takeproper and prompt measures feet to the recommendations of the i üblic Health Department to remedy the existing insanitary condition oi tne town. If such a position did ame the Health Department has power by mw to compel the Borough Counci-, t.ie o- _ cal health authority, to carry out its recommendations, for tne 1 übhc Health Consolidat 'd Act of 1003, provides that ;“Jt should 'he under the hand of theDistrict Health Officer to specify with, reasonable particularity what he recommends the local authority to co, ana the reason why it should be done, shall be the duty of the local authontj receiving the report to faitinuily comnlv with the recommendations v, lta aiL possible despitch, and to the satisfaction of the District Health Officer, and if it fails or neglects to do so, he mat. himself, cause the same to be done at the expense, in all things, oi the Lma authoritv at fault. Provided that, it the probable expense cf any work exceeds £2OO, the District Health Officer shall obtain the approval or the Minuter before causing the work to be done.