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Your Surveyor's suggestions were adopted, viz., the using
of disinfectants in watering the streets, and additional
flushing of the surfaces of courts and alleys and the sewers,
and the more frequent emptying of the street gullies.
The following general sanitary notice and precautions
suggested for dealing with cases of sickness was prepared
by your officers, and after receiving the approval of your
Sanitary Committee, was printed, and copies circulated
throughout the District:—
IMPORTANT.
THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE ST. GILES DISTRICT.
Offices 197, HIGH HOLBORN.
GENERAL SANITARY NOTICE.
In view of the possibility of Cholera visiting this country, the
attention of the public is requested to the following general Sanitarynotice,
issued with the view of preventing the spread of infectious
diseases generally.
All walls, passages, and ceilings of tenements should be washed,
lime-whited, distempered, or painted, as the case may require.
Ventilation. Every room in the house should be well ventilated
by opening the upper parts of the windows as frequently as practicable.
Accumulation of dirt and rubbish in cellars, basements, or elsewhere,
should be removed as soon as possible.
Bust Bins should be kept covered and in good repair, emptied
weekly, and afterwards disinfected.
All animal and vegetable refuse should be burnt at once, and
not be put into the dust-bins ; the decay of such refuse matters
especially in hot weather, causes offensive smells dangerous to health.
Water cisterns and butts should be properly covered to exclude
dirt, and cleansed at least once a month. The waste pipe, if connected
with the drain or soil pipe, should be at once disconnected.
Water Closets. The flushing apparatus should be kept in good
working order, and the closets should be flushed whenever used, and
kept ventilated by open windows. There should be a separate water
supply to that used for drinking purposes, and the soil pipe should
be ventilated by means of a pipe carried up to the roof of the house.