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on the sanitary condition of
so employed in this District, most of them being
engaged in making wearing apparel. Their homes and
workplaces have been frequently visited and when
occasion required, the rooms have been ordered to be
cleansed. In addition, many names of persons employed
in this District but living elsewhere have been
sent to the sanitary authorities in whose district they
reside; and similar returns have been received from a
few other authorities.
Protected Persons.—The Medical Officer is required
to give notice to H.M. Inspectors of Factories and
Workshops (" Public Health Act," section 27) when he
becomes aware of any child (under 14 years of age),
young person (between 14 and 18 years of age), or
woman employed in a workshop. During the year
such notice has been sent in respect of 1,105 individuals,
39 of whom were children and young persons, the
remainder women. This number will not be so large
in the future, as there was at first some overlapping
with the work of the assistants of H.M. Superintending
Inspector of Workshops, but now they have their list
of protected persons almost complete. The Superintending
Inspector, Mr. Lakeman, sends me notice of
any insanitary conditions he discovers, and they are at
once attended to by your Inspectors.
Inspection and Analysis of Food.
Subjoined is a list of food stuffs which have been
destroyed as unfit for food during the year:—
Apples 61 cases.
Broccoli 13 dozen.
Cherries 22 bushels.
Cucumbers 2 dozen.
Currants 173 baskets.
Damsons 2½ bushels.
Grapes 3 barrels.
Onions 12 bushels.
Oranges 25 boxes.
Peaches 16 boxes.
Pears 20 boxes.
Peas 10 sacks.
Pineapples 4
Plums 7 bushels.
Pomegranates 1 case.
Potatoes 10 sacks.
Tomatoes 30 boxes.
Walnuts 4 bags.
Sausages (Italian) 5 lbs.
Salmon 160 lbs.