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them required some cleansing. The committee were satisfied with
the result of their inspection, and decided not to oppose the
applications for the renewal of the licenses.
Bake-houses.—These were all visited by the Public Health
Committee during the year, and were found to be, with few
exceptions, in a good condition. Exception was taken in several
to the growth of cobwebs. Notices were served to remedy any
insanitary condition found. The notices were carried out in each
case.
Smoke Nuisances.—Complaints under this head numbered 27
during the year. All of these were abated, with one exception, by
service of a notice only. In the exceptional case, legal proceedings
were instituted, and, on the defendant giving an undertaking to the
magistrate to adopt proper means to prevent a recurrence of the
nuisance, the summons was adjourned sine die.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACTS, 1878-1895.
The number of workshops registered during 1897 was 153.
This is an increase of 50 on the number for the previous year.
Notices were received from the Factory Inspector to the number of
35, and those inspected on my instruction were 27. The defects
found, we had no difficulty in getting remedied on serving the usual
notices. The following table gives the number registered and
inspected and the result of inspection :—
No. of workshops registered during the year 1897 153
„ „ inspected on notice by Factory Inspector 35
„ „ „ by instruction of Medical Officer of Health 27
Result of inspections (a) Workshops overcrowded 10
(b) Improper W.C. accommodation 1
(c) No w.c. accommodation 6
(d) No separate W.C. accommodation for the
sexes 2
(e) Other nuisances 241
During the discussion by the Vestry on the subject of appointing
two additional Inspectors for house to house inspection and the