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Sanitary Appliances : Dustbins—
Wanting- 12
Defective 35
Sanitary Appliances : Lavatories—
Dirty
Defective
*No separate suitable sufficient W.C. accommodation
for the sexes . 1
Miscellaneous defects, e.g., accumulations, animals,
improperly kept, personal uncleanliness, etc. 11
The Female Inspectors, during- 1913, were engaged in
visiting 121 houses wherein deaths from infantile (summer)
diarrhoea were reported as having occurred, with a view to
helping to further elucidate the predisposing causes of this
disease; in inspecting schools (126) in connection with outbreaks
of disease (more especially measles); and in visiting
(a) 1417 private houses, wherein births had been notified or
registered, with a view to educating the mothers and others
concerned how best to feed their infants, and (b) 1016
private houses, wherein tuberculosis patients had been notified,
with a view to educating the patients and their
relatives or friends in the nature of the disease, and the
simple precautionary measures to be taken to prevent its
spread to others, and (c) 20 private houses, wherein infants
suffering from ophthalmia neonatorum had been notified,
with a view to educating the parents and others concerned
in the proper treatment for that disease. Revisits were
paid to, and re-inspections made of, houses in connection
with 92 births and 7 diarrhoea, 319 tuberculosis and 51
ophthalmia cases, etc.
* The Sanitary Accommodation Order 1903 does not apply to the
Metropolis.