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THE STRAND DISTRICT, LONDON.
"be primarily liable, but that immediate owners, who
"receive the rents of workshops, should also be liable
"for penalties which could not be recovered from
"occupiers in case of such workshops being carried on
"without the certificate having been obtained, or after
"it had been withdrawn. That all contractors and
"shopkeepers in the industries or districts in question
"who should employ outworkers should keep lists of
"such outworkers, and should be bound to take all
"reasonable precautions that work so given out was, if
"done in workshops, only done in those which had a
"proper certificate."
Your Board is one of the few Sanitary Authorities
who have appointed an officer to deal with the inspection
of workshops, and the result of his first year's work
has been satisfactory. Many workplaces are, also,
inspected by the other sanitary officers in the course of
their work. During the year, 509 workplaces have
been inspected separately from dwelling houses, and
orders requiring cleansing have been served in reference
to 149 of them. In 12, the ventilation has been
improved; and in four, overcrowding has been abated
by notice. But considerable effect in many respects is
obtained by the visit of the inspector, and in most cases
improvements are at once effected by employers of
labour on hearing what is required of them. Proper
and sufficient watercloset and urinal accommodation
has been provided in a number of instances which
are included in the total of the sanitary work executed
during the year.
The following is a summary of the employments
carried on in a number of the workplaces inspected:—