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The supply, I have personally found good and wholesome,
and the arrangements for distribution adequate.
Those dairies and cowsheds in the Borough I have inspected
with our Veterinary Surgeon were found generally satisfactory.
SCAVENGING, ETC.
Kingston is a "W.C." town, there are no earth closets, no
privies and no cesspools.
The Borough Surveyor's Department carries out the emptying
of movable ashbins weekly, and in certain cases every two
days. There are few complaints.
The sanitary conditions of the schools were in a satisfactory
state. No epidemic occurred, nor was it necessary to close any
school for any reason.
There was no excessive exclusions of individual children
for verminous conditions; the general health and cleanliness
having been good.
The Sanitary Inspector has given me the following figures :—
Inspections Made 3310
Notices Served
Written 196
Verbal 43
239
Defects Discovered 1803
Defects Remedied 930
SAM. BROWNE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
1st July, 1920.