Another matter which engaged the attention of the Inspection Branch of the Department was fire prevention and protection work in cone: ton with the housing of the hundreds of thousands of refugees, who poured into the Settlement from the sur~ rounding areas and had to be given shelter in. newly established camps. and, in many instances, in. buildings totally unsuited, from a fire protection point of view, to the accommodation of late numbers of men, women and children, Firsteald fire appliances were Installed and steps taken towards the provision of adequate means of egress, while firemen were placed on duly at some of the more important camps and various other measures to ensure the safety of occupants in case of fire wore put into effect.
Places of amusement were regular ly inspected and the attention of the Heeneees drawn to contraventions of the Licensing Conditions.
During the year special attention was iven to' the taller buildings fitted with private stationary. fre pumps, these latter, being regularly inspected and tested, to the mutual advantage of the owners and the De-
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