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Ventilated Doors 7
Martin's Patent 5
Dr. Annan's Patent 4
Nicholson's „ 4
Caddy's „ Bars 2
Juice's „ 2
Galloway's „ 2
Hyde's „ Revolving Bars 2
Watt's „ 1
Total of Smoke Consumers 29
The number of furnaces and boilers without smoke consumers is 27.
There has therefore been an increase of one smoke consumer (Hyde's)
durirg the six months.
No notices were served during the time reported on.
A complaint was received of a nuisance caused by smoke and heated
noxious gases, emitted from the square chimney of Messrs. Ogden, Smale
and Company, Limited, of 31, Great Saffron Hill. He kept the chimney
under observation for two weeks and then drew my attention to it. We
called on the complainant, and found that the shaft was very low, so that in
some directions of the wind, heated noxious gases would be blown into the
offices and rooms near the top of the chimney. We afterwards visited the
above premises and saw the manager, who promised to lay the complaint
before his directors. Their builder informed me that the building regulations
would not permit any increase in the height of the present shaft. We therefore
consulted the District Surveyor, who has now given his permission for
the chimney to be raised with iron tubing stayed with iron rods from the
surrounding walls. A notice has been served for this to be done.
Reid's Brewery Company, Limited, Clerkenwell Road, have recently been
reconstructing three of their furnaces with three of Galloway's Patent Smoke
Consumers, and are building a square chimney to relieve the southern one
in Leather Lane. The new chimney will take the smoke of one furnace
which used to run into the circular one in Leather Lane.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, LAUNDRIES,
BAKEHOUSES.
Factory and Workshop Acts.
Another Factoiy and Workshop Act was added last year to those
al.cady in force. All the Factory Acts previous to 1878 were consolidated by