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1907]
218
Want of bins for offal, or house refuse 86
Unpaved or defective yards 14
Want of impervious wall where fish is cleansed 8
Defective flushing cistern 6
Drainage defects ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 24
Foul sanitary arrangements 47
Want of separate sanitary convenience 3
Miscellaneous defects 127
Utensils in dirty condition 128
Dirty (or improper) storage of food 149
813
677 of these are remedied, as follows :—
Dirty walls, ceilings and floors 137
Dirty and dilapidated walls and ceilings 12
Want of ventilation 19
Drinking water cisterns cleansed or covered 38
Bins supplied for offal, or house refuse 80
Yards paved or repaired 12
Sanitary accommodation cleansed 46
Walls rendered impervious where fish cleansing is done 7
Defective flushing cistern 5
Drainage defects remedied (under supervision of Inspector West or
District Inspector) 20
Want of separate sanitary convenience 3
Miscellaneous defects 100
Improper storage of food (improvement) 109
Dirty utensils (improvement) 89
677
There appears to be a need for more efficient legislation for the protection of the public
in places where food is prepared for sale, and any such legislation should define the
structural conditions in which catering for profit and the processes connected therewith
may be carried on.
Basement kitchens are extremely unsatisfactory. Good ventilation and cleanliness are
almost impossible where they are used and they are a constant menace to the health
of the public and the persons employed in them. The usual means of ventilation, and the
only inlet for fresh air (viz., by a grated opening from the street pavement) is a fertile
source of food contamination and consequent disease.
Filth of all sorts, including road detritis and the dried excreta and sputum from the
common thoroughfares are constantly falling through, and settling upon the provisions and
utensils.
Also the necessity for artificial lighting increases the heat and impurity of the atmosphere
(the usual temperature was found to be between 70 deg. and 80 deg. Fah., but while cooking
is in actual process this is much higher).