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Bakehouses.—These now number 39, and are regularly inspected
with reference to their cleanliness, ventilation, water supply, drainage,
&c. By the new Factory and Workshop Act, no underground place
(not so used before January 1st, 1896) shall be used as a bakehouse.
Orders for cleansing and whitewashing were occasionally necessary.
Work of the Public Health Department.—Full details as to the work
carried out by the District Inspectors are to be found in Table III.
3,005 inspections of houses and premises were made during the year,
and 5,542 re-inspections were made after order or notice had been
issued. Orders were made for the cleansing, whitewashing, and repairs
of 579 houses; house drains were repaired, reconstructed, &c., in 637
instances. The number of closets required to be reconstructed was 221
and 251 to be repaired or cleansed. The paving of 158 yards of houses
required to be repaired or renewed, dustbins required attention in 108
instances, and manure receptacles in 17, and animals were found to be
improperly kept in 7 instances.
The complaints of non-removal of manure were more numerous
during the past than in any former year, and action had to be taken by
the Inspectors in 261 cases. There are various establishments in this
parish wherein large numbers of horses are kept and in which the use
of peat litter, from motives of economy, is very general. This material
becomes highly charged with urine and quickly offiensive, especially
when disturbed for removal in hot weather. It is necessary to insist
that this refuse should be placed at once, on removal from the stable, into
the vehicle in which it is to be taken away from the premises. A
more liberal use of the peat, where this material is used, is advised, it
being the habit of the horsekeeper to remove only the soiled portion and
to rake up the rest under the manger during the daytime for night use.
Complaints have been from time to time received from the
inhabitants of May grove Road, of manure awaiting removal by the
Midland Railway Company. It did not appear, however, upon
inspection that there had been any negligence or want of proper
management on the part of the Company, and having regard to the
fact that an outlet has to be provided for the prompt removal of
manure into the country it did not seem advisable on the part of the