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127
Choked 15
Defective 44
Defective Flushing Tanks and Water supply 91
Drainage—
Defective 9
Dustbins—
Wanting 72
Defective 34
Lavatories—
Defective 8
Miscellaneous defects (not included above)—
Animals improperly kept 3
Accumulations in yards 20
Sink wastes defective 8
Nuisances referred to M. O. H. for attention bv
Male Inspectors (defective drains, w.c.'s,
etc.) 68
An inspection of a workplace takes up much time, as the
different workrooms have to be measured up, a plan drawn of
the premises, and a large number of enquiries made in connection
with the filling up of the Register.
The special inspection of the Kitchens of Restaurants, Hotels,
Coffee Houses, Dining Rooms, etc, throughout the Borough
has also taken up a large amount of the Inspector's time. This
work is fully set out in the Appendix, from which it will be
seen that such special work was much required, and that the
conditions under which food is prepared in the Borough are
now much improved, as also, consequently, the Public Health.
Miss Gamble has also been engaged during the year in visiting
all houses wherein deaths from infantile (summer) Diarrhoea have
been reported as having occurred, with a view to helping to
further elucidate the predisposing causes of this disease; and in
inspecting schools, and the homes of the scholars, in connection