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City of London 1896
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1896
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS,
1878 TO 1891.
Her Majesty's Home Office Inspectors,
working under the above Acts, notified 102
cases, of these, 38 related to premises about to
be occupied as workshops, 37 changes of
premises, and 27 sanitary defects discovered
during the inspections.
DAIRIES AND MILK SHOPS.
The Corporation of London is the Local
Authority in the City for the purpose of regulating
the sanitary condition of Dairies and
Milk Shops, under the Dairies, Cow Sheds,
and Milk Shops Order of 1885, and the work
of inspection is at present carried out by
Officers appointed by the County Purposes
Committee.
As remarked in my last Annual Report, this
duty should belong to the Commissioners of
Sewers, as the Sanitary Authority for the City.
Chief Inspector A. J. Street, reports that
during the year 324 Dairies and Milk Shops