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sufficiency and the sanitary condition of the accommodation provided for sleeping,
also for messing; of the sanitary accommodation in the way of water-closets,
urinals and ablution places, the arrangements for the disposal of refuse, and such
other matters likely to give rise to nuisance or affect the health of the troops as
may from time to time come under observation. The quality of the various
articles of food prepared and sold on the premises is a matter for special attention,
and up to the present has been excellent. Comparatively few of the men have
meals at the headquarters; very few sleep there, most of the men residing at
home. Ample space for sleeping those who remain has always been available.
The scale laid down is 400 cubic feet, with 40 superficial feet per man.
Generally it may be stated that the premises were found during the year in a
satisfactory sanitary condition. Matters requiring attention were brought to the
notice of the officers commanding the respective head quarters, and were also
mentioned in the weekly reports. Suggestions made for remedying sanitary
defects were given effect to.
The Headquarters of the King's Royal Rifles Cadets at 42, Sun Street, were also
inspected. They were not being used otherwise than in time of peace, and were
found to be satisfactory from a sanitary point of view.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
The licensed slaughter houses in the Borough at the end of the year numbered
5 as compared with 5 in 1913, 5 in 1912, 6 in 1911, 6 in 1910, 7 in 1909, 7 in 1908,
8 in 1907, 9 in 1906, and 12 in 1905. They were inspected from time to time
during the year, and their general conditions may be reported as satisfactory.
Slaughtering in Shoreditch is almost entirely restricted to sheep.
COWHOUSES.
The cowhouses on the register at the end of the year numbered 6, one less
than for last year. At an inspection made just before the annual licensing 5 were
found in a satisfactory sanitary condition, but cows were kept in only 2 of
them. The cowshed at No. 274, Hoxton Street, was found to be in use as a
cabinet-making and french-polishiag workshop, and that at No. 22, Bracklyn
Street, was in a dirty state, the roof being defective and there being no cows.
The licences in these two cases were opposed by the Borough Council. The
opposition was not persisted in as regards No. 22, Bracklyn Street, as the necessary
steps had been taken to comply with the sanitary requirements of the Borough
Council before the case was dealt with by the Licensing Committee. In the other
case, that of 274, Hoxton Street, the license was not renewed.
The number of cows found to be kept in the cowhouses in the Borough on
October 13th of the year under consideration was 30, as compared with 32 in 1913,
37 in 1912, 41 in 1911, 39 in 1910, 44 in 1909, 52 in 1908, 57 in 1907, 74 in 1906,
86 in 1905, 95 in 1904, and 101 in 1903.
The number of dairymen and milk purveyors on the register at the end of the
year was 293, as compared with 290 in 1913, 291 in 1912, 292 in 1911, 292 in 1910,