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APPENDIX C.
The proprietary farm is situated on an oblong plot of
ground, bounded on one side by the main road and a block
of cottages, and on another by a brook or creek of running
water. The farm buildings consist chiefly of sheds offering
accommodation for 200 cattle. These are lofty, well ventilated,
sufficiently lighted, and appear to be well adapted
for the purpose they serve. Drains are constructed in a
position parallel with the front wall of the buildings, but
lying outside, and discharge their contents into the main
sewer. They are intercepted in their course to the main
sewer by the interposition of a syphon approached by
means of a manhole walled with brick and closed with a
gridded cover. A constant service of water is laid on in
direct connection with mains from the Sutton Water
Company, and on the premises stored in iron and concrete
tanks.
At the time when the visit of inspection was made to the
farm, some suspicion attaching to the Water Supply, the
service pipe was uncovered in a considerable part of its
length where it lay in proximity to a drain, and examined.
Nothing, however, was found confirming those suspicions.
The proprietor was directed to properly trap the drain and
ventilate it by shafts rising above the roof of the buildings.
It was observed that the cattle were being partially fed
on grass cut from the fields of a sewage farm situated in
the vicinity, as blades of grass were discovered floating in
milk, then in passage through strainers. It was directed
that the use of herbage gathered from the sewage farm
should be discontinued.