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WORKHOUSE.
In March I became aware that certain drainage works were
being carried out at this institution, and on the 21st of that
month I requested Mr. Richards to visit and report.
Workhouse
Drainage
System.
On the following day I personally examined what was being
done.
Quite apart from the work then in hand, I was aware, from
previous knowledge, that from a sanitary standpoint the condition
of the drains as a whole and certain of the sanitary fittings and
conveniences were not at all of a satisfactory character, and in my
judgment the time had fully come to deal with the matter on a
practical basis, and not to proceed further along the costly lines
of temporary repair and patching.
Consequently, I reported the facts as they then stood to your
Committee and suggested that having regard to all the circumstances,
past and present, it was desirable that a conference
between the Guardians and yourselves should take place, in order
that the position might be fully considered and the future line of
action determined.
On your instructions I communicated with Mr. Thomas,
Clerk to the Guardians, and the first result of this correspondence
was that on April 25th your Sub-Committee proceeded to the
Workhouse and met the House Sub-Committee of the Board.
The members of the Guardians Committee present were,
Messrs. Restall (Chairman), Nokes, Lee, Mount and Eickhoff.
Of your Sub-Committee, the members present were, Messrs.
Phipps (Chairman), How, Hobney, Ward and Alderman Fleming.
The immediate outcome of this conference was that the
following recommendation of the Workhouse Committee was
adopted by the Guardians at their meeting on May 7th and
received by me on the 8th,