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Smoke Nuisances.—Complaints of this nuisance were more
numerous during 1898 than during the previous year, 52 being dealt
with against 27 for 1897. All of these were abated on the service of
notices only, with the exception of two. For the abatement of these
legal proceedings were instituted with the following results:—
Acme Wood Flooring Co., Gainsborough
Road
St. John's Sanitary Laundry Co.,
High Street, Homerton.
Order to abate nuisance in 14 days and
pay is. costs. Penalty for disobedience
of above order £10, 1s. costs.
Penalty £5, 1s. costs.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACTS, 1878-1895.
Great progress has been made during 1898 in the inspection of
workshops, especially in those where women are employed. This
has been due to the appointment of a female inspector, who gives
her whole time to the inspection of this class of premises.
The male inspectors registered and inspected 120 workshops.
These were shops in which only males were employed. The following
table shows the number registered and inspected, and the results of
the inspections.
No. of workshops registered during the year 1898 120
„ „ inspected on notice by Factory Inspector 57
„ „ „ by instruction of Medical Officer of Health 15
Result of inspections (a) Workshops overcrowded 5
(4) Improper W.C. accommodation 2
(c) No W.C. accommodation 1
(d) No separate W.C. accommodation for the
sexes
(e) Other nuisances 155
No difficulty was experienced in getting the above nuisances
abated.
Miss Teebay was appointed sanitary inspector on the 27th
April, 1898, to inspect workshops where females were employed.
In the appendix will be found her report made up to the end of
Dec., 1898. From this it will be seen that the action of the Vestry