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129
Cisterns uncovered or dirty 50
Improper water supply 127
Forecourts insufficiently paved or unpaved 24
Water closets insufficiently lighted or ventilated 17
Want of ventilation under floors 176
Want of proper-dung receptacles 6
Underground rooms illegally occupied 18
Accumulation of manure 24
Defective traps 16
Sinks connected direct to drains 9
Mica valves defective 75
Not classified 1
Totals 3893
Unsound Food.
During 1910, the following consignments of unsound food
have been inspected, condemned and destroyed, under the
supervision of the Sanitary Inspectors :—
January 11th, 1 box of herrings; January 19th, 9|lbs.
bacon (streaky); February 1st, 581bs. apples; February
8th, 18 mackerel; February 14th, 16 hams*; March 1st,
6 chickens; May 17th, 1 box skate (1 cwt.); May 21st, 5lbs.
beef; May 23rd, 5 boxes kippers; June 6th, sausage skins
(63 bundles, each bundle containing 100 yards); July 13th,
Ji "Irish" eggs; August 9th, 1 trunk haddocks; October
10th, 1 barrel monk fish;. October 17th, 1 duck; October
24th, 17 pieces of meat (consisting of beef 12, legs cf
mutton 3, salted beef 1, and ½ pig's head); December 23rd,
120 turkeys; December 24th, 14 turkeys; December 28th,
3 turkeys. i
* A total of 256 hams (16 cases containing 16 hams each) were
examined and "skewered," and, excluding the 16 condemned, were
passed as wholesome and fit for food, to be smoked after washing
and cleansing.