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For 1904 there were 293 on the register.
For 1903 there were 250 on the register.
26 notices were sent under the Public Health Act.
Notices of outworkers residing in this district were
received in 26 instances from other Authorities. A record is
kept of their addresses. Notices of outworkers residing in
other districts were sent in 39 instances.
A list of outworkers supplied by 13 employers was kept;
26 notices were sent to the Factory Inspector, where young
persons were employed and no abstract of tlie Act was posted.
There are several small laundries in the district, worked
by members of one family, which are, of course, outside the
scope of the Factory Act; but in any fresh Act they should
be brought in.
BAKEHOUSES.
There are 32 bakehouses in the district.
There is 1 underground bakehouse in the district.
Frequent inspections have been made, and are required,
to keep some of them in a reasonably suitable condition.
WATER SUPPLY.
The district is supplied by the Metropolitan Water
Board on all that portion north of the Cranbrook Road, and
including Fencepiece. Analysis has given satisfactory results.
The other portion of (he district is supplied by the South
Essex Water Company. This water has given a much better