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occupier, against so using it, and had also conferred with the
solicitor upon the matter, who was of opinion that the words
"used at the commencement of the Act " did not permit of the
premises in question being used in future as a bakehouse. The
Committee directed that all necessary steps be taken for preventing
the use of the bakehouse in future.
The usual notice was served, and the case was subsequently
brought before a magistrate at the South Western Police Court
on the 15th July, when, after giving careful consideration of the
facts of the case, he decided that the using of the bakehouse
was a contravention of the Factory and Workshops Act, and
prohibited the continued use of the same, pending an appeal to
a Higher Court. The case has not yet been disposed of.
At this Meeting it was also reported with reference to the
condition of laundries at
131 Surrey Lane,
76 ,,
22 „
23 Orville Road,
103 High Street,
at which it was found there were contraventions of the Public
Health (London) Act and Factories and Workshops Acts. The
Committee gave the necessary directions for increased watercloset
accommodation and cleansing to be carried out.
March 17th.—The Chief Inspector reported that acting upon
information received on the 12th inst, he had visited the Licensed
Slaughter House at No. 351 York Road, and found deposited in
a shed at the rear of the premises, the carcases of two pigs, which
were in his opinion unfit for human consumption, they having
apparently suffered from pig typhoid. The carcases were dressed
in the usual way as when prepared for human consumption, the
skin covered with reddish purple patches, the kidneys soft,
the flesh considerably inflamed, and in the muscular tissues