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(vi) Bakehouses.
There are 14 factory bakehouses and 5 workshop bakehouses
in the District, to which 34 visits were made. Ten defects
were found, eight of which were remedied during the year.
(vii) Fish Frying.
Fish frying is a declared Offensive Trade within the
District.
There are 11 premises in which fish frying is carried on,
and 20 inspections have been made to these premises. Five
defects were found, all of which were remedied.
9. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
114 visits were made to the 64 factories, 43 workshops and
one workplace in the District, details of which are incorporated
in the Annual Report of your Medical Officer of Health in the
Home Office Form.
10. Piggeries.
There are 22 piggeries in the District, to which 73 visits
were made during the year. Nine defects were found and
remedied.
11. Cesspools.
As far as is known, there are 255 cesspools draining 319
premises in the District. Owners or occupiers of premises make
private arrangements for emptying cesspools with a Maidstone
firm. The charge made is £1 for the first 1,000 gallons, and
17s. 6d. for each subsequent 1.000 gallons of sewage emptied.
During the year the drains of two premises were connected
with the Council's sewers and the cesspools abolished. The
large majority of the cesspools drain premises not within a
reasonable distance of a sewer, and the few that drain premises
within this distance were constructed prior to the laying of
the sewer. These latter are closely watched, but nuisance
therefrom has not arisen and consequent action was
unnecessary.