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as bad ventilation, defective sink traps, closet flushing apparatus
out of order, or bad surface drainage of yard, &o.
In ten bakeries (seven of them collars) I found the sanitary
arrangements so bad, and the lighting and ventilating arrangements
so imperfect as to render them totally unfit for use, and as
I am of opinion that tho original construction of the buildings is
so faulty as to render them incapable of improvement, I see no
other course than to get them closed and rebuilt. Accordingly I
recommend that proceedings bo taken under Section 16 Factory
and Workshops Act, 1883.
In sixty-four instances, the walls, ceilings, and passages were in
a dirty condition; most of the places were very untidy and the
utensils improperly cleaned. In fifty-seven instances I found
refuse flour and floor sweepings accumulated under the troughs.
I object very strongly to this custom as it is uncleanly and
encourages vermin; I have, therefore, forbidden it and have
directed notices to be served requiring the floor beneath tho troughs
to be smoothly cemented and kept free from sweepings.
I am afraid the bakehouses are not sufficiently well looked after.
They require frequent inspection and should be visited at least
four or five times a year, but your present staff of inspectors are
too fully occupied to devote sufficient time to them, and I think
that the appointment of a Workshop Inspector as recommended
by the Sanitary Committee should be at once proceeded with.
COW-HOUSES AND SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.
Your officers, in conjunction with the Inspectors of the County
Council, have kept the cow-houses and slaughter-houses under
careful supervision, and have found them to be in a fairly satisfactory
condition, so that it has not been necessary to oppose any
of the licenses.
WORKSHOPS.
Nothing has at present been done in the way of systematic
inspection of workshops, but all complaints have been attended to.
A communication was received from the Local Government