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The routine work of the district involved a considerable amount of correspondence, as the following will show. From Dunedin alone the following letters were written : —By Dr. Ogston : To Town Clerks, 171 ; County Clerks, 26 ; Mayors, 14 , Chairmen County Councils, 2 ; Road Boards, 1 ; Harbour Boards, 4 ; Hospital Boards, 8 ; Education Boards, 6 ; Drainage Board, 9 ; School Committees, 5 ; University Council, 1 ; Stock Departments, 5 ; Dairy Departments, 3 ; Factory Inspector, 7 ; Police Inspector, 1 ; District Railway Engineer, 4 ; Chief Health Officer, 65 ; Miscellaneous, 102. By Inspector Gladstone : To Town Clerks, 54 ; County Clerks, 2 ; Road Boards, 4 ; Education Boards, 1 ; Drainage Boards, 3; Dairy Departments, 1 ; Police Inspector, 1 ; Chief Health Officer, 3 ; Miscellaneous, 42. Consultations were held as follows :—By Dr. Ogston : With Town Clerks, 8j; County Clerks, 2 ; Town Councils, 6 ; County Councils, 2 ; Mayors, 6 ; City Engineer, 1 ; Drainage Engineer, 4"; Inspectors of Factories, 6 ; Hospital Boards, 3 ; Stock Inspectors, 3. By Inspector Gladstone : Town Clerks, 23 ; County Clerks, 3 ; Town Councils, 3 ; County Councils, 2 ; Mayors, 11 ; Inspectors of Factories, 4 ; Hospital Boards, 1 ; Stock Inspectors, 7. Special reports to Chief Health Officer (by Dr. Ogston), 10. Notices sent out re disinfection : By Inspector Gladstone, 97 ; by inspector Cameron, 146. Microscopic examinations of sputa, &c.: Of sputa found tuberculous, 17 ;of sputa found non-tuber-culous, 12 ; of sputa found to be pneumonic, 11 ; membrane from throat found to be diphtheritic, 1. Alimentary matters condemned and destroyed (at Dunedin) : Eggs|rotten, 20 dozen (about) ; bananas rotten, 2,111 cases; potatoes diseased or rotten, 30 bags; prunes badly cured and full of insects, 16 boxes ; figs badly cured and full of insects, 15 cases ; preserved foods, &c. (various), old and decaying, 135 tins, &c. ; jams badly preserved and mouldy, 36 bottles ; butter rancid and mouldy, 4 cases ; pigs' heads rotten, 16 ; pigs' carcases badly tuberculous, &c, or rotten, 23 ; bacon, sides and rolls, decomposing, 67 ; hams rotten, 9 ; red herrings rotten, 9 tins ; frozen fish decomposing from breakdown of freezing, 81 cases ; frozen hares decomposing from breakdown of freezing, 18 ; frozen poultry decomposing from breakdown of freezing, 4 bags ; oranges rotten, 326 cases ; food —sausages and mutton —supplied to a camp decomposing, a large quantity ; lots of unsound fruit, &c, condemned at Invercargill, 16. General List of Inspections, Examinations, Etc. By Br. By Inspector By Inspector Ogston. Gladstone. Cameron. Nightsoil-depots .. .. .. .. ..7 4 6 Rubbish-tips, &c. .. .. .. .. 17 19 16 Nightsoil-collection advised .. .. .. 2 .. 4 Nightsoil-collection neglected .. . . ..11 Dirty gutters, drains, &c. .. .. . . 81 176 70 Defective privies, &c. .. .. .. 42 133 18 Dirty premises .. .. .. . . .. 13 176 112 Dirty stables, &c. .. .. .. .. 14 59 45 Dirty fowl-runs .. .. .. .. ..8 22 32 Dirty piggeries . . .. .. .. .. 8 15 16 Nuisance at freezing-works .. .. .. 1 Nuisance at fruit-canning works .. .. .. 1 1 Smoke nuisance .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 3 Water-supply, tanks, &c. .. .. .. ..11 27 242 Houses in bad order, to repair .. .. 18 48 15 ~ condemned .. .. .. 7 Overcrowding in houses .. .. .. .. 4 6 3 „ schools .. .. . . .. 1 Schools and schoolhouses defective .. .. .. 1 .. 8 Nuisances from animals in houses .. .. .. 2 Dirty papers for wrapping meat .. . . .. 2 Inspection of station (Mount Pisa) .. .. .. 1 Fish-shops examined .. .. .. ..3 17 7 Bakehouses examined .. .. .. . 6 1 17 Butchers' shops examined. . .. .. 12 42 23 Fruit-shops examined .. .. .. .. 1 19 Grocers' shops, stores, &c, examined .. .. 1 18 74 Milk-sLops, dairy factories, &c. .. .. .. 4 17 7 Cordial-factories examined .. .. .. 2 15 4 Factories examined .. .. .. • ■ 36 Slaughter-yards examined.. .. .. .... .. 14 Hotels examined .. .. .. .. 15 26 18 Restaurants examined .. .. .. .... 6 9 Boardinghouses examined .. .. .... 15 18 Recreation-grounds examined .. .. 3 7 Auction-marts, &c, examined (often) .. .. 5 14 5 School visited .. '.. .. .. ..3 9 17 Diseases in schools looked to .. .. .. 2 Diseases in factory-workers looked to .. .. 1 Diarrhoea in camp looked into .. .. .. 1