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Matters looked into during the Year. Nuisances, various .. .. .. 479 Milk-shops inspected .. .. .. 37 Drainage-defects .. .. .. 2,446 Butchers' carts and baskets inspected .. 48 Privies, urinals, &c, defective .. .. 2,803 Bakers' carts and baskets inspected .. 61 Gutters, ditches, &c, dirty .. .. 66 Fishing-vessels inspected .. .. 5 Nightsoil-removal neglected, complaints of 14 Milk-cans inspected .. .. .. 72 Cowsheds, stables, inspected .. .. 178 Railway meat-trucks inspected .. .. 13 Fowl-runs, &c, inspected .. .. 157 Sheep-stations inspected (specially) .. 3 Piggeries inspected .. .. .. 41 Houses, yards, tanks, &c, inspected Slaughteryards, &c, inspected .. .. 26 (specially) .. .. .. .. 321 Refuse-tips and nightsoil-depots inspected 30 Hotels inspected .. .. .. 101 Bakers' shops inspected .. .. 76 Boardinghouses and restaurants inspected 66 Butchers' shops inspected .. .. 105 Schools inspected .. .. .. 49 Fish-shops inspected .. .. .. 46 Chinese dwellings and camps inspected .. 57 Fruit-shops inspected .. .. .. 86 Public buildings inspected .. .. 21 Factories, shops, and stores inspected .. 478 Public and private wells inspected .. 51 Dairy factories inspected .. .. 15 Parks and recreation-grounds inspected .. 7 Laundries inspected .. .. .. 6 Houses, schools, &c, in bad repair, overSoap, manure, &c, works inspected .. 18 crowded, &c, inspected .. .. 209 Auction-rooms inspected .. .. 19 ! Dwellings systematically inspected .. 8,464 Interviews. With Mayors and Chairmen of Town Boards 60 With Railway Engineers and Inspectors .. 20 ~ Chairmen of County Councils .. 8 „ District and Town Engineers .. 54 ~ Town Clerks .. .; .. 86 „ Drainage Board Engineers .. 14 ~ County Clerks .. .. .. 24 „ Secretaries of Education Boards .. 7 ~ County Councils (special) .. .. 5 „ Inspectors of Factories .. .. 29 ~ Harbour Boards .. .. .. 2 „ Stock Department .. .. .. 25 ~ Hospitals Boards .. .. .. 9 „ Resident Magistrates .. 5 ~ Town Councils and Town Boards 13 „ Oyster-fishermen (Bluff) .. .. 3 Special Reports to Chief Health Officer. Re cases of diphtheria in Athol Place (two reports). ~ Wallacetown Slaughteryards. ~ my condemnation of Oliver's butcher's shop at Bluff. ~ epidemic hospital at Kew, Invercargill, with plan. ~ the result of a prosecution for selling light bread. ~ water-supplies to towns in my district. ~ ditch sewers at Musselburgh. ~ storage of oysters at Bluff. ~ dirty bottles returned to cordial-factories. ~ an epidemic (influenza) at Papatotara. ~ insanitary post-office at St. Bathan's. ~ reported cases of hydatids in my district. ~ Inspector Cameron's report on the drainage of Bluff. ~ housing of the Garrick family at Dunedin. Letters yvRiTTEN. To Town Councils, Mayors, &c. .. . . 236 To Veterinary Department .. .. 3 ~ County Councils, Road Boards, &c. .. 51 ~ Registrars of Births, &c. .. .. 26 ~, Drainage Boards .. . . .. 40 „ Stock Department .. .. .. 3 ~ Harbour Boards .. .. .. 5 ~ Resident Magistrates and Coroners .. 2 ~ Education Boards .. .. '' .. 26 ~ Port Health Officers .. .. .. 6 ~ Hospital Boards . . .. .. 45 ~ Medical practitioners .. .. .. 116 ~ Charitable Aid Boards .. .. 1 ~ School Committees .. .. 12 ~ Railway Department .. .. .. 4 ~ Schoolmasters and schoolmistresses .. 41 ~ Public Works Department .. 11 ~ General, to various people .. .. 491 ~ Inspectors of Factories .. 11 Circulars sent. To Mayors and Town Clerks re the position of dry closets too close to houses and within washhouses or outhouses, near food-storage. To Secretary, Dunedin Architects' Association, re same. To County and Town Clerks re taxation for an epidemic hospital for Dunedin (two notices). To Toyvn and County Clerks for information re yvater-supplies (two notices). Notice to Registrars of Vaccination in Otago and Southland (excluding the Dunedin district, which had been notified by our local Registrar) urging them to press defaulters by posting them special notices as supplied by me. Chief Health Officer's circular to Hospital Boards re the solicitor's opinion yvith regard to their relation to the District Health Officers,