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April 6th.—At this meeting a report was submitted relative
to the water closet accommodation at Messrs. Stimpson's Works,
Candahar Road, that on the date of inspection some fifty men
were found to be employed, for whom there was only one water
closet. The water supply to same was by means of a spindle
valve, and the urinal accommodation was dirty, and not properly
supplied with water. That there was in addition to the above
one water closet for the office staff, apparently little used. The
Committee gave directions that the necessary alterations should
be made to provide one water closet for every twenty-five persons
employed upon the works, with proper urinal accommodation in
addition. The alterations were subsequently made to meet the
Committee's requirements.
April 20th.—The Chief Sanitary Inspector submitted a
special report relative to the defective condition of the drains of
No. 11 Newman Street, in respect of which notice had been
served, and the owner of the property had at the previous
meeting of the Committee attended, and stated that he had
found no defect therein ; that acting under the Committee's
directions, and after giving 24 hours notice to the occupier,
the drains had been opened up and tested by smoke in the presence
of the owner, the smoke freely escaping from two or three points
in the course of the drain; that subsequently the drains were
tested by water, when it was found impossible to fill the same
in consequence of their defective condition, and that the owner
had now consented to comply with the requirements of the
Vestry and reconstruct the drains in accordance with their
requirements, and further to pay the cost the Vestry had incurred
in opening up.
Also that acting upon a complaint made by the Factory
Inspector, a tailor's workshop, which had been recently opened
at 19 York Road, had been inspected, that persons of both
sexes were found to be employed, and that the water closet
ventilated directly into the workshop. The portion of the