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prepared or sold. This section, which has been set out in full in previous
Annual Reports, provides, among other things, that there shall be no
drain inlet in any room where food is prepared or sold, that no sanitary
convenience shall be within such a room or in direct communication with
it, and that such a room shall be kept clean and not used as a sleeping
place. These places are inspected from time to time, and in a considerable
number of cases conditions in contravention of the Act have
been found. In 1910 and 1911 the total number of premises altered in
order to comply with the Act was 52 and 60 respectively, as set out in
the Reports for those years. In 1912 the number of premises dealt
with was 37. Of these places 22 were found to have drain inlets in
rooms where food was prepared or sold, in 34 premises the drains were
defective, in three structural defects other than drainage defects of
various kinds were present, and 32 premises needed cleansing. The
places were dealt with as follows:—in 25 instances the drains were
entirely, and 9 instances partially, reconstructed; in 22 instances
improperly placed drain inlets were removed, with or without redrainage;
in 3 instances more or less extensive structural alterations, other than
drainage alterations, were carried out; and 33 premises were thoroughly
cleansed under notice.