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mentation into dwellings. Houses are constantly found
which communicate with drains by waste pipes, soil pipes
constructed within the house, cesspools, drains, and at times
overflow pipes, sink pipes, bath pipes, and lavatory basin
pipes, and although supposed to be secured by traps, fail to
keep out poisonous gases laden with the germs of infection.
A great deal of trouble has been taken to get these
dangers prevented in the construction of new houses in the
district, but constant supervision is requisite.
No soil pipe should be constructed within a house, and
should always be ventilated, and no house should, by means
of drains, in any way communicate with a sewer, but should
have its connection broken between the house and drain traps
and terminate by a free end into the open air outside the
house.
Cow Houses and Dairies.
As milk often constitutes the sole diet of infants and
invalids, it becomes of the most serious importance that this
nutritious food should be of a pure quality
The surroundings of cow houses and dairies should be
kept scrupulously clean, and in the event of any case of sickness
amongst the cows, the animal should be kept separate
from others, and the milk from the diseased animal thrown
away.
The attendance upon cows by those who have recently
been the subject of epidemic diseases, should be forbidden.
The water used for the washing of cans must also be of
a pure description, and not drawn from a dirty cistern 01
well.
The requirements for cow-houses arc, that-here must
be a cubic space of 800 feet for each cow ; the sides and floor-