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The house-to-house inspection of the district is being continued,
but much of the sanitary inspectors' time is occupied in maintaining
satisfactory conditions in the older properties in which repairs are
never carried out except as the result of notices.
Proceedings were instituted in connection with three houses
situated in Kennedy Road.
OVERCROWDING.
This continues to be a matter of grave anxiety. Thirty houses
were erected by the Local Authority during the year, and these
are to be followed by 200 more.
I am hopeful that such accommodation will relieve our worst
cases of overcrowding, which is the cause of considerable discontent
and subsequent ill-health.
SCHOOLS.
All the schools in the district are regularly inspected, when any
defect in the sanitary arrangements or water supply are dealt with.
With one exception, the whole of the schools are connected with
the sewer. Castle School, Rippleside, is cesspool drained.
Six of the eight elementary schools have spring-bib fountains
with metal cups attached, fixed in the playgrounds, for drinking
purposes. The remaining two schools are without fountains of any
sort, the children having recourse to taps above the wash-basins.
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A distinct improvement from the hygienic standpoint would be
the abolition of existing arrangements and the provision of spring
Dib fountain jets in every school.