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themselves, and sinks in dwelling rooms are not altogether free from objection on
sanitary grounds, especially where there are children.
The practice in the Borough is to require additional water taps where the circumstances
appear to render the provision of such necessary in connection with tenement
houses, but there is no hard and fast rule on the subject.
SANITARY WORK.
Preliminary notices as to insaniitary conditions were served in respect to 2,877 premises,
of which 297 were dealt with by the chief inspector, 649 by Inspector Lear,
441 by Inspector Firth, 515 by Inspector Jordan, 432 by Inspector Langstone, and 543
by Inspector Clements. In connection with the work carried out, 909 letters were
written to owners of property, builders and other parties concerned. Over 24,000
visits of inspection were made during the year, not including those made by the Medical
Officer of Health and Chief Inspector. The premises inspected included milkshops,
cowsheds, slaughterhouses, places where food is prepared for consumption by the
public, such as cookshops and eating houses, factories, workshops, including bakehouses,
places where home work is carried on, and other premises, including dwelling
houses. (Appendix.)