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VIII. Lavatory Accommodation.
In only 25 instances (i.e., 11.1 per cent.) was lavatory
accommodation found to have been provided for the use of the
employees or the customers—40 basins in all, situated outside in
22, and inside in 3, cases.
IX. Receptacles for Refuse.
Receptacles for refuse were, with 39 exceptions, found to have
been provided.
X. Accommodation for Clothes.
In 13 instances (i.e. 5.8 per cent.) accommodation was
found to have been provided for the use of the employees (to
hang their outer garments in, e.g., when wet).
So much for the general particulars as to the construction, positions,
cooking arrangements, ventilation and lighting, water supplies, etc.,
of the Kitchens inspected, and as to the numbers of workers found
employed therein—such being matters of interest merely.
I now have to deal with the more important consideration of the
insanitary defects found, and for the discovery, and remedying, of
which the special inspections of these particular workplaces have been
carried out.
XI. Sanitary Defects Found.
Speaking generally, the state of the Kitchen was found to be satisfactory,
at the time of inspection, in 194 (i.e., 86.2 per cent.), and
unsatisfactory in 31 (i.e., 13.8 per cent.). In only 6 cases (i.e.,
2.7 per cent.) were the utensils in use in the kitchen found to be dirty.
The defects which have been found, and in connection with which
remedial measures have been taken (notices served, etc.), may be detailed
as below—it being worthy of note that in no single instance
has it been found necessary to resort to a Magistrate for an Order for
the compulsory remedying of any insanitary condition discovered: —
(a) Drains.
The drains have been tested in each case, and 40 (i.e., 17.8 per
cent.) have been thereby proved to be defective—no results being obtained
from the tests in the other 185 (i.e. 82.2 per cent.).
As far as could be found, the drains pass under the Kitchens in 91
(i.e., 40.5 per cent.). In 71 (i.e., 31.6 per cent.), the drains were found
to be unventilated, but this condition can hardly be regarded as a
nuisance.