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 local authorities certain powers for the promotion and conservation of health in their districts.

To keep abreast of the requirements of the City and to maintain an efficient sanitary administration, the Council has exercised its powers to the utmost in the making of by-laws.

In addition to the adoption of Section 26 of "The Health Act" defining nuisances, which in itself almost constitutes a sanitary code, by-laws are provided fully covering public health and sanitary interests.

As practically everything required for dealing with matters affecting the health of the public and the sanitation of the City is provided in the By-laws and Regulations under the Health Act, their application in detail comprises the duties of the Department.

The relative importance attached to the different branches of the work varies from time to time, but the vulnerability of the waterfront district, and the possibility of the introduction of disease from overseas are always kept in view, and the work in many respects organised to meet such a contingency.

The City is inspected systematically, house to house, averaging under normal conditions from two to three inspections per year, but certain localities and