NUISANCES.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 227, 17 March 1874, Page 5

NUISANCES.

We had prepared some further remarks having reference to the nuisances which are allowed to exist in the township of Cromwell, and which may be presumed to exercise a most injurious influence upon the health of the citizens, and from them upon the visitors to the town, but we think the plain, unvarnished statement made by Sergeant Cassels to the Town Council upon the same subject, will for the present make out the case which we had proposed to make. In publishing the letter, we beg to congratulate the Council upon at last securing the services of an Inspector of Nuisances who is not afraid to tell them the truth. The nuisances can no longer be winked at. The letter is in reply to a request from the Town Clerk to furnish a report upon the nuisances existing in the town. Here it is y. short, but far from sweet:— “ Cromwell Police Depot, “ 11th March, 1874. “Sir, —I beg to state, for the information of the Mayor and Council, that I have made a general inspection of the town of Cromwell, and I find it in anything but a sanatory condition. I find in rear of the houses all along Melmore Terrace that nuisances exist to a great extent, all the offal and refuse of the town being thrown down the river bank. I remarked in front of one of the butchers’ shops, sheep-heads, bones, decayed skins, &c , that had been thrown over In fact, all along, the place described is nothing but a hotbed of nuisances and stinks, I also remarked in the same locality, that the waterclosets are as a rule close up to the back doors of the dwellings, which must be most injurious to health. “There are six piggeries within the town, containing twenty-one pigs, and several cowyards, which are also a great nuisance' in ‘the town In fact. Cromwell is the dirtiest township in New Zealand, I believe. Mr Goodger’s yard alone is in my opinion quite sufficient to cause sickness in the town. No doubt the Mayor and Council are well aware of the kind of water that is used by the inhabitants of Cromwell for domestic purposes, which also must be injurious to the health of the public. “ I am, Sir, yours most respectfully. “John Cassels, “ Police Sergeant."