THE QUESTION OF SANITATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 84, 15 March 1916, Page 6

THE QUESTION OF SANITATION.

[To The Editou Stbatfohd Post.] : t ' ■ Sir,-|-The Borough Council came in. kers ojf the Hospital and Charitabl-V Aid Biard with reference to its alleged di|atorine|sn.n.,dealmg with sani.tatiori | quostroifir Borough. Members of the Board l(ftve a wrong conception , |t%MQ(^i , espondence which abas taken place between the ■Health! office aind ttje Council. This ,'y*as liliMted by the Council in the form of a request ,to the Health authorities to send, a ~jjfap to make an inspection of the sMitary plumbing existing in the 'Borough. An officer duly arrived, but was only able to stay . a few days, and fin ing, ’that time inspected certain premises old and hew. In consequence of what he sfUt iri the older houses ihspected he reported to his chief that a house-toUibuse -inspection should be -made, in order to have the drainage .bydaws complied with, and this is the inspection, referred to in the Health Department’s letter. There J.S no hint at all that the Borough /4s in an unsanitary condition, but) that the plumbing in many cases has- not complied with the requirements of the drainage by-laws. This defect lias arisen owing to tire fact that the by-laws, until, the past four or five years, have been construed as. only affecting the sewerage area. They are'.now applied to the whole Borough, and in every case ’during tlife time mentioned above, er6ry Uew' building erected has had to comply with the provisions of the bylaws. ilt will take a long time to examine the plumbing work of every house ,iu the Borough, and months before the defeot found could be remedied. ')V ■With ro'gard to an inspection by a nuisance inspector, this was done by the Inspector only a few months ago, and not-even in an isolated case, was a complaint made with regard to premises outside the business area. In one or twp .cases in the, business area complaints were made, and were at once attended to, and at the present time Mr Sullivan is paying rigid attention to places where nuisances are likely to occur, and inspected no less •than six places yesterday (14th inst). The present Council ;has done good work from a sanitary point of view ;in the new method it has adopted in dealing with nightsoil. It speaks .well -for the sanitary condition of the Borough,* notwithstanding the opinion of She members of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, that up to the present, not one case of infantile I paralysis lias originated in the Borough. Further, Mr Editor, the BorI ough authorities are quite aware of I,the necessity existing for the strictest ■ precautions] and ai'e prepared to take them.—Yours, etc. P .SKOGUUND, Town Clerk. j. 15 3-lfi.