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There are two common Lodging Houses under one management.
They are well-conducted. One is an old building and one
is new. A third Lodging House has been opened in an old public
house which had lost its license. The house is roomy and wellkept.
There are many houses let in lodgings, and By-laws in
regard to them have been approved and a register of the houses is
now being established.
Places over which the Council have supervision, e.g., Lodging
Houses, Slaughterhouses, Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops,
Bakehouses, Factories and Workshops, and Offensive Trades.
The six Slaughterhouses are used for killing a few sheep and
pigs. They are kept in good condition.
The five Cowsheds are visited quarterly and are well-kept on
the whole. The largest cowkeeper in the town has his shed very
well-kept, and has appliances for cooling milk, sterilizing cans,
&c., and is always doing everything he can to improve his
premises.
By-laws.
The By-laws in force are fairly stringent and I do not think
any addition is required at the present time, though they might
be varied in certain particulars.
Nuisances.
These are dealt with as they arise, and except when elsewhere
specially referred to, there is no cause for complaint.
Methods of dealing with Infectious Diseases—Notification—
Isolation Hospital Accommodation and its Sufficiency—
Disinfection.
Notification is in force for the usual diseases. Measles is not
notifiable. Arrangements have been made by a Joint Committee
of the County Council for the use of the two Smallpox Hospitals
at Clandon and Whitemoor. Arrangements have been made with