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efficient convenience was provided in lieu of the existing
defective one: i.e. a pan and trap with proper flushing apparatus.
At 43 houses the water closets were found to be defective
arising from either the pan or trap being broken.
Nearly all the 52 houses where the flushing apparatus was
defective had a new water waste flushing cistern fixed.
The ashpit or dustbin at one hundred and seven houses
was found to be in a defective condition; proper and suitably
covered bins were provided in each case.
The walls and ceilings of 195 rooms were found to be in a
dirty condition, and these were cleansed and limewashed.
Under the headings, "Walls and ceilings to be cleansed
after infectious disease," and "Floors and furniture of infected
rooms to be cleansed after infectious disease or in a dirty condition,"
159 rooms were cleansed and 159 floors and furniture
cleaned. Included under the latter heading are a number of
floors of houses which were found in a dirty condition.
Trouble sometimes arises from occupiers of stables delaying
to get the manure pits emptied. The Sanitary Inspector has
had to serve 69 notices to have such accumulations removed.
Private Slaughter Houses. There are six slaughter houses in the Borough,
all of which have been regularly inspected.
The following defects were discovered and
remedied: walls and ceilings dirty in three
stances, three floors defective, two drains defective,
and complaint had to be made re the regular removal
of offal at one slaughter house.
Meat. The Sanitary Inspector has made a large number
of inspections of food exposed or intended
for the food of man, both at shops and also
hawker's carts or barrows. The food inspected has been found