At a distance from the town are the sanitary works, the sewage pumping
works, the water and gas works, the slaughter-houses and the public
laboratories. The sewage, which is brought from the town partly by
its own flow and partly by pumping apparatus, is conveyed away to
well-drained sewage farms belonging to, but at a distance from, the
city where it is utilised.
The water supply, derived from a river which flows to the south-west
of the city, is unpolluted by sewage or other refuse, is carefully
filtered, is tested twice daily, and if found unsatisfactory is
supplied through a reserve tank, after it has been made to undergo
further purification. It is carried through the city everywhere by
iron pipes. Leaden pipes are forbidden. In the sanitary establishment
are disinfecting rooms, a mortuary, and ambulances for the conveyance
of persons suffering from contagious disease. These are at all times
open to the use of the public, subject to the few and simple rules of
the management.
The gas, like the water, is submitted to regular analysis by the staff
of the sanitary officer, and any fault which may be detected, and
which indicates a departure from the standard of purity framed by the
Municipal Council, is immediately remedied, both gas and water being
exclusively under the control of the local authority.
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