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often on the verge of collapse. These were conditions to
be seen day by day all over the district, but, happily, now
are only rarely seen, and even then in a modified degree.
The steady increase year by year of power laundries,
together with the constant enforcement by the Local
Authority of the provisions of the Factory and Workshops
Act in regard to sanitary conditions has had the effect of
gradually diminishing the number of these unsatisfactory
laundries, so that only a small percentage remain in use in
the district at the present time. The abolition of such
premises is undoubtedly good for all parties concerned, and
we may reasonably look forward in the near future to all
laundry workers being employed under thoroughly satisfactory
conditions.
C.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Notifications.—The following Table, No. 26, shews
the number of notifications of infectious diseases in Willesden
each year since 1892:—