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The results of registration and inspection have, on the whole,
been satisfactory.
HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT.
One house was represented under Part II., Section 39, as unfit
for human habitation. As the result of the notice, the premises
were voluntarily reconstructed.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT.
Section 132 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
provides:—
"The Medical Officer of Health of every District Council, shall,
in his Annual Report to them, report specifically on the
administration of this Act in workshops and workplaces, and
he shall send a copy of his Annual Report, or so much of it as
deals with this subject, to the Secretary of State."
The following is a summary of the work done under this Act in
Croydon during 1909.
FACTORIES.
For the most part, the law relating to Factories is administered
by the Home Office. 99 visits were, however, made to Factories,
37 being in reference to sanitary accommodation, 38 in reference to
cleanliness of earth closets, 10 in reference to new occupation, four
in reference to insanitary condition of messrooms at steam laundries,
three in reference to want of w.c. accommodation in a wood yard,
three in reference to ventilation of w.c. at a steam laundry, two in
reference to smoke, one in reference to the want of screens to w.c.'s
at a steam laundry, and one in reference to complaint of effluvium
nuisance from a steam laundry. All the defects noted were remedied
during the year.
WORKSHOPS.
The number of workshops on the register, the various trades
carried on therein, the number of workpeople employed, and the
number of visits paid by the Inspector, are shown in Table X.