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condition, except that the walls of the enclosures required
cleansing and lime-whiting.
He further reported that upon inspecting the premises of the
London Road Car Co., in Wellington Road, in which some 240
horses were stabled, the stables were found to be in good
and cleanly condition, and properly lighted, ventilated and paved;
the litter used in connection with the premises being peat. The
number of workmen constantly employed was found to be about
sixteen, and sufficient water closet accommodation was provided.
Since the date of the Report the Committee have had plans
before them in connection with these premises for the erection of
a new granary, proper receptacles for manure, and suitable water
closet accommodation, and at the time of reporting these have
now been constructed, and the premises may be said to be in
good condition.
Also with reference to a complaint which had been
received as to the alleged insanitary condition of the house
No. 72 High Street, the ground floor front room of which was
used as a hair-dresser's shop, that upon inspection he had found
that the family consisted of husband, wife. and five children, aged
respectively, the girls, twelve, nine, seven, and four years, and a
boy of five years. That the kitchen on the ground floor and the
two rooms on the first floor were in an indescribably filthy
condition, the windows broken, the walls and ceilings dirty and
dilapidated, excremental and other filth being upon the walls, and
what articles of furniture there were, the floors, and bedding;
that the latter for the children consisted simply of sacks of
rubbish—in all respects resembling stable manure; beneath the
bedstead the enclosure was filled with straw, shavings, and other
material, largely impregnated with filth ; that the parent's bedroom
was in somewhat similar condition, the drains were
blocked, and about a cartload of house refuse in the yard. He
further stated the the N.S.P.C.C. were taking proceedings against