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Smoke Abatement.
The number of factories in Edmonton is small, and no action has been
necessary during the year : twenty-five smoke observations were taken during
the year.
Premises, etc., controlled by Bye-laws.
These are common lodging-houses, houses let-in-lodgings, slaughterhouses
and the offensive trade of gut-scraper.
There is one common lodging-house for men and, though an antiquated
building, it serves a useful purpose and is kept sanitary.
There are five slaughterhouses—one registered and four licensed—and are
kept under supervision.
There is one business of gut-scraper and fat extractor; the premises are
modern, and modern machinery and ventilating apparatus are installed.
The bye-laws relating to houses-let-in-lodgings are practically a dead
letter, as they refer only to lodgings let for 8s. Od. per week or under if
unfurnished, and 10s. if furnished.
SCHOOLS.
The majority of the schools are satisfactory: the others are unsatisfactory,
inasmuch as they are old buildings, and there is not the free access of air which
obtains in modern schools.
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