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9. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
183 visits were made to the 76 factories with mechanical
power, 21 factories without mechanical power, and 2 workplaces
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 24 piggeries in the District, to which 59 visits
were made during the year. Nine defects were found and
remedied.
11. Cesspools.
As far as is known, there are 266 cesspools draining 330
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.
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.
12. Smoke Abatement.
31 inspections and observations were made for this purpose,
and two nuisances were remedied by the alteration of chimney
and type of fuel.
13. Pickers' Huts.
There are 4 camps of pickers' huts in the District, of which
only 3 have been used during the year and to which 29 inspections
were made.
In consequence of inspection 93 defects were found, and
remedied after informal action.
14. Rivers and Streams.
12 inspections were made to rivers and streams in the District
and no nuisance was found.
15. Shops Acts.
During the year 329 inspections and observations were made
of shops, and 51 Informal Notices were served in connection
with the Acts.