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85
Defects remedied.
Walls, ceilings, and approaches cleansed 540
Ventilation improved 36
Overcrowding abated 6
Drains relaid or amended 15
Soil pipes repaired or renewed 18
Urinals repaired or renewed 4
„ flush improved 1
„ cleansed 18
23
Sink wastes amended 75
Rain-water pipes repaired 10
Cisterns cleansed or covered 25
Refuse receptacles provided 42
Water-closets—
Separate and suitable provided 45
Additional provided 6
Lobbies constructed 57
Ventilated 65
Floors made impervious 26
Pans cleansed 662
Walls and ceilings cleansed 255
Flush improved 106
1,222
General defects remedied 355
Total defects remedied 2,367
WORKPLACES.
(Kitchens of Restaurants, &c).
Workplaces are not required to be registered under the Act—that is to say,
any person can establish a workplace in any situation and under any conditions
without giving notice as is required for factories and workshops. I have
repeatedly mentioned this in my previous reports, and cannot too strongly
urge that this obvious defect in the Act should be remedied at the earliest
possible moment. It is obviously in the best interests of owner or occupier
that notice should be given to the Local Authority prior to the establishment
of a workplace in the same manner as obtains in regard to Factories and
Workshops. Experience has shown that the advice given by the Inspector on
his visit subsequent to such notice in these latter invariably results in a saving
of time, trouble and expense to the owners or occupiers, and on these grounds
alone, amended legislation on these lines would be welcomed by all concerned.