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prepartion of it impervious

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Mr. Reiknar

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No, if there is a certain proprtion at the top,

imparvious.

And if you were exiled in to give an expert opinion, 14254 you would not order that floor to be taken up ↑

Certainly not.

I want to ask you about limewashing. You know that

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under the Bye Laws, you have to whitewash twice a year ?

I am sorry to say I dont know very much of the details

of the ordinanos.

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There is great diversity of opinion, as to whether that is necessary. Some say that limewash itself possesses

no disinfecting qualities, and is only good for domestic cleanliness, as they have to wash twios a year. At home, do you know how linewash is made and laid on ↑ Ordinary mountain limestone, and a little bit of material to make it "bungy". I think it was tallow we

used.

Dont they put it on hot ?

Yes, we used to put it on hat.

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5-8 Qo

What is the advantage of putting it on hot ↑

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They say it is very difficult to apply, when it is cold.

It gets into a cream.

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Which would be most efficacious hers, to put on a good oreamy limewash, or a very thin washy one ?

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Reference:-

TILLHC.O. 537

We used to have exactly the same white lime, that they have here, we kopt a gang expressly for doing dirty oqurta ko. but we did not get it too washy.

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Had you anything to do with aacumon lodging houses, in

Ingland ?

Not with the common lodging houses, but I was in charge of the cleansing department of the oity, and ju that we had a urinal, dirty courts, and orossing sweeping gang, In the Clifton District, I had some 30 men on orossings,

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