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be served to increase the conveniences for men and to place
the existing closets in good condition.
Also at the premises of the London and Provincial Steam
Laundry Company the Chief Inspector found some 176 females
employed for whom only two w.c.s were provided for use during
working hours. The men's w.c. was clean but structurally defective
The Committee directed that the necessary steps be taken for
enforcing sufficient accommodation, the result being that several
w.c.'s in other parts of the building, usually kept locked, were
opened in order to comply with the Committee's requirements,
making the total number fifteen, which was adequate.
September 3rd.
The Chief Sanitary Inspector reported that at Carpenter
Street a child died from neglect, the Coroner informing him, by
his officer, that an inquest would be held, as the premises were
stated to be in a dirty state.
He visited the premises and found that the family consisted
of two adults and six children occupying one room, having a
cubic air space of 1,140 cubic feet, or a deficiency in air space
of 860 cubic feet. The necessary steps were taken for abating
the serious overcrowding, and proceedings were subsequently
taken by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children and the parents sent to prison for general neglect of
the child that died. The house generally was found to be
seriously overcrowded and dirty, but upon notices being served
on the owner and occupiers the nuisances were abated.
On several occasions during the year considerable nuisance
has arisen, owing to emission of dense black smoke from Messrs.
Spiers and Pond's steam laundry shaft in Battersea Park Road.
Difficulty however was experienced in proceeding against
Messrs. Spiers and Pond in consequence of their having
provided apparatus which was capable (if properly used by the