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Inspector Jordan had 28 premises under inspection. With 8 exceptions theirgeneral
sanitary condition was satisfactory, minor defects only being apparent. With
regard to the exceptions in some, the premises were dirty, in others sinks were untrapped,
and in several the sanitary arrangements were defective.
On Inspector Langstone's district 22 premises were inspected. With one or two
exceptions their sanitary condition was satisfactory. In one case the shop was dirty,
and in another the drains were so defective as to require reconstruction, otherwise the
defects found were of minor importance.
On Inspector Clement's district 11 premises came under observation. With one or
two exceptions their sanitary condition was satisfactory, minor defects only being noticeable.
In one instance there was a foul accumulation in the cellar below the shop,
and in two others the water-closets were without water.
Altogether 92 premises were inspected, of which 74 were satisfactory sanitary defects
of minor importance only being observed, and 18 were unsatisfactory. In all
cases where necessary sanitary notices were served. A defect which was noted by
the inspectors in connection with 49 of the shops was the absence of traps beneath
the lavatory basins. The waste pipes discharged over gullies or sinks and were therefore
disconnected from the drains, but there remained a liability to smells from the
untrapped waste pipes themselves, especially in cases where the waste-pipes were common
to several basins. Where this defect was observed the advisability of providing proper
traps close up under the lavatory basins was pointed out, and in many instances
this advice was acted on. In some cases the common waste-pipes were dispensed with,
enamelled iron pails being provided to receive the discharges from the basins.
STREET MARKETS AND FOOD.
The usual supervision was exercised by the sanitary officers in connection with the
street markets and the foodstuffs sold in the Borough, and frequent inspections were
made with a view to the detection of food unfit for human consumption. Some instances
of coccidiosis in rabbits, the existence of which was confirmed by examinations
made by Dr. Bulloch at the London Hospital Medical School, came under observation.
The organ affected was the liver. In this disease the bile ducts become infested with a
parasite—the coccidium oviforme—which gives rise to the formation of nodules, appearing
on the surface of the liver as slightly raised yellowish-white patches. In some cases
the bile ducts become occluded by the growth and little sacs containing bile are
formed. Coccidiosis of the liver is said to have been observed in man. In the cases
of the rabbits above referred to the affected organs were destroyed.
The following articles were destroyed as unfit for food:—
About 40lbs. of mutton, three-quarters and 181bs. of pork, 3¾cwt. of rabbits,
5½lbs. of corned beef, 2 cases of herrings, 3 barrels and a case of plaice, 2 trunks of