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FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACTS.
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are situated visits the premises in question, plan in
hand, and then makes a report to the Medical Officer
of Health.
The Superintendent also makes a report to the Surveyor
as to the depth of the sewer, and the amount of
deposit to be paid in order to cover the work done by the
Vestry, viz., the connection between the sewer and the
premises. If the plan is not approved, it is sent back for
alteration. The plan being finally approved by both
Surveyor and Medical Officer of Health, the next step is
to pay the deposit, and then the connection is made by the
Surveyor's department, and from the connection the drain is
laid by the builder. During the course of the work it is the
Inspector's duty to pay several visits, in order to see that
the work is being properly done, and finally, before the
pipes are covered, to test the drain by the test known as the
''water test," that is to say, the open end in the chamber
nearest to the sewer is plugged up and the drain filled with
water, so that any imperfect joint cannot fail to be
discovered.
The effect of recent legislation having thrown upon the
local authority the duty of inspecting the dwellings of
outworkers employed in various industries, and also the
duty of supervising the workshops with regard to sanitary
state, the writer recommended that this should be made
the special duty of at least one inspector. Accordingly, Mr.
Kilgallin was appointed to this important post. He was
also appointed to carry out the statutory provisions with
regard to smoke.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACTS.