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146 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Customs and Inland Revenue Act.
During the year 39 certificates under the above Act that
premises were so constructed as to afford suitable accommodation
for each of the families or persons dwelling within, and that due
provision had been made for their sanitary requirements, were
given. These certificates referred to 480 separate houses.
In the case of four of the houses, the certificate was refused
as the houses were not let to two families.
Unsound Food.
During the year eight crates of bananas, two skate, one
hamper of mackerel, three boxes of plaice, 30 mackerel in one
box, 15 boxes of cherries, 10 boxes of kippers, one cwt. of
potatoes, one box of soles, two boxes of skate, 24 wild rabbits
(frozen), three-quarters of a tub of pears, one haunch of venison,
and one box of coalies were destroyed at the request of the owners
and certificates were given.
Factories and Workshops.
The Tables which follow show a summary of the work done
in the Borough with reference to the inspection of Factories and
Workshops.
The first Table summarises the work of the Sanitary Inspectors,
but does not include the work of the lady Sanitary
Inspector.
The majority of the inspections of dressmakers' premises on
the first Table was made before the appointment of the lady
Inspector, and consequently shows a decrease, compared with the
Table in last year's report. The column headed miscellaneous,
which includes all workshops, etc., where men are employed, shows
an increase, compared with 1901, and the number of re-inspections
of these an increase of 332.
The number of workrooms found to be overcrowded was four,
and 15 were found to be insufficiently ventilated.
107 workrooms were found to be dirty, compared with 30 in
1901. These were chiefly laundries and men's workshops.