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M. S. Bir phon

5773 Q:-

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5174 9:-

1775

A3-

But you must often visit houses, and find there is 5773

nothing to report ?

It is all put down in the book - in the diary.

When you inapec t the limewashing, about how long does 5774

it take you to inspect a house of three floors ?

Inspecting limewashing, it is a good three hours work

to inspect 100 floors - very hard work. I have come tack

running through with sweat after three hours, and that

is what I average.

With regard to concreting, do you inspect that ?

Q:-

A:-

No,

Sir.

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5775

With regard to cement rendering on kitchen walls, do 5176

you inspect that ?

Ai-

Yes

Q:-

Why do you have to inspect the one, and not the other 95777

A:-

One is plague Inspector'e work.

4778 9:-

Which is plague Inspector's work ?

5778

A:-

Concrete. I believe it has been transferred to Mr

Carter, now.

5779

Q:-

Can you tell good or bad concrete ?

5179

A:-

I can if it is picked up broken up.

That means to say you can tell - not exactly

whether there is sufficient lime, and the stuff is

sufficiently small that it wouldpass through a mosh of a

sufficient size ?

5780

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as to

A:-

Say it is on the ground surface, and it has been

picked up, you can tell by the way the man drives the

pick i and the force used, to know whether it is good

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or bad.

5781

Q:-

Would you not pick up a foot of it ↑

5787

A:-

5752 8:0

You have o pick up a block about two square feet..

What do you call good or bad conarete to meet the

requirements of the Building Ordinance - what proportion

of lime broken stone, and so on

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