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(vi) Milk and Dairies.
There are 26 dairies and cowsheds in the District. These
premises have been given special attention, and 111 visits were
made. 14 defects were found and remedied.
During the year 41 samples of graded milk were taken as
follows:—
Grade of Milk. Satisfied test. Did not satisfy test.
Tuberculin tested 23 2
Pasteurised 14 2
(vii) Bakehouses.
There are 19 bakehouses with mechanical power and 2 bakehouses
without mechanical power in the District, to which
69 visits were made. 20 defects were found and remedied
during the year.
(viii) Pish Frying.
There are 13 premises in which fish frying is carried on, and
11 inspections have been made to these premises. 2 defects
were found and remedied.
(ix) Water Supplies.
Samples were taken from premises in the District, with the
following results:—
Satisfied test. Did not satisfy test.
(a) Chemical Examination 67 5
(b) Bacteriological Examination 42
9. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
257 visits were made to 102 factories with mechanical power,
40 factories without mechanical power, and 19 workplaces,
including outworkers' premises, in the District.
10. Piggeries.
There are 15 piggeries in the District, to which 51 visits were
made during the year. 17 defects were found and remedied.
11. Cesspools.
As far as is known, there are 262 cesspools draining 326
premises in the District. Owners or occupiers of premises make
private arrangements with a Maidstone firm for emptying
cesspools. The chargc made is 23s. for the first 1,000 gallons,
and 20s. 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, hut
nuisance therefrom has not arisen and consequent action was
unnecessary.