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All this work was necessary before the premises could be
used for the purposes of a Milk Depot, ensuring thorough
sanitation, e.g., ventilation and lighting; exclusion of all dust
and dirt, dampness, &c. For future reference the structural
alterations made may be set out as follows:—
(a). Basement.
Existing wooden flooring of basement taken up, the sodden
earth removed, and the floors covered with Gin. of concrete—a
channel being provided underneath the pasteurising machine, in
connection with the floor of the front basement room.
Steps provided, leading from the back basement room to the
yard, in place of the previously existing small area.
Walls and ceilings of both basement rooms cleansed, and the
walls afterwards rendered in Parian cement, and the ceilings
limewashed.
Front area cleansed, covered in with pavement lights, and the
walls rendered, as required, in cement, and the two vaults in
connection with this front area cleaned out, their walls and roofs
rendered in cement, and their floors paved, so that such vaults
may be used for storage of milk, etc.
A window opening fitted into the wall between the two
basement rooms.
Chimney breasts of the fireplaces in front and back basement
rooms cut away, so as to enlarge the space available.
A window opening provided in the wall between the back
basement room and the passage, and the existing rickety
staircase (lower flight) removed, and the doorway leading thereto
boarded up (with the provision of a window in such boarding).