MUNICIPAL SANITATION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8984, 19 November 1907, Page 5

MUNICIPAL SANITATION.

SYSTEM ADOPTED IN THE . t BOROUGH. "On the whole I find" that the backyards of premises in the borough .are kept in a satisfactory state of cleanliness," replied Mr J. Cairns, sanitary inspector, in answer to a question put to him by a Wairarapa Age reporter. "We have had one or two little prosecutions, and residents now understand that they must 'comply with the law. They recognise that it is to their own .advantage to do so." The system adopted in the borough :for"the removal of refuse from houses is as follows-.--The borough rubbish cart visits the;various parts Of the , borough onc«|S week, and residents, having any rubbish to be removed are I required to leave it in suitable recep-; taclcs at their gates from whence it; 'is removed by ;the rubbish" cart. ' Householders. not know on: wh'ich'day'tho rubbjstijfCart will call; in their part of can obtain the; desired information- from the •■ •sanitary inspector. No' charge is made-for the 1 -rejrioVal bf rubbish 'from -houses; arid the expe'hditure in -connection therewith' -is', provided' for out*of'the borough maintenance' -account. 1 i ---i):'-. ,: '■■.••>--':,. ■:■ .-'■,■« - • ; ;": It will base©" that; by-the system; adopted by the borough'oounfcil there* is no excuse for householders to allow, rubbish to accumulate in their back-; 'yards. The inspector periodically makes a house to house inspection of . backyards, and if he finds a householder is not taking advantage of the facilities provided for the removal of rubbish he takes such steps ;as he thinks necessary to compel that householder to conform with the regulations. ' > The regulations governing the removal of what is termed shop rubbish are equally as stringent, though the system adopted is somewhat different. Shopkeepers are required to make arrangements with private carters for the removal of rubbish from shops, payment for such being made by the shopkeepers themselves. As is the case with backyards of private houses, the inspector makes periodical visits of inspection of the ;yards of shops, and if a yard is in an unclean state an information i 3 laid against tyfj J offender. Neither householders nor shopkeepers know when the inspector is going to pay them a visit, and since there have been one ■or two prosecutions in the court they are careful, the inspector states, to conform to the law. ' All rubbish is taken to the borough rubbish heap, where all matter capable of beingburnt is destroyed by fire, and the -other refuse buried.

According to the information received from Mr Cairns a large number of houses within the borough are not connected with the drainage. The system in vogue at present for the removal of nightsoil provides that persons within what is termed the drainage area have their nightsoil removed hy the borough ouneil. To meet the expenses in connection with this work a rate of one-ninth of a penny in the £ has been struck. Those persons residing outside of the drainage area of the borough are required to make their own arrangements with the nightsoil contractor for the removal at least once a fortnight of nightsoil. The removal of all nightsoil *is under the supervision of the sanitary inspector.