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out-workers and their addresses to be open to the inspection
of any Officer of a Sanitary Authority, with the
view of inspection being made of the homes to which
these employes carried home their work. In the last
annual report doubt was expressed as to whether any
good results would follow, on account of the wide distribution
throughout London of out-workers in connection
with any particular place of business. Not as much
work has been done during the year as could have been
wished, owing to other demands on the time of the
inspectors being so great. However, 11 lists have been
inspected at various factories and workshops, and it was
found that the great majority of the addresses of outworkers
were not in this parish. They were accordingly
sent to the various Sanitary Authorities in whose
districts they were situated. During the year only one
address of an out-worker has been received here from
another Sanitary Authority. So that the net result of
the considerable amount of work done, has been the
inspection of some two or three houses to which work
was taken home, and the supplying of a great deal of
information to other Sanitary Authorities; a very onesided
and unsatisfactory result as far as this parish is
concerned.
Smoke Consumption.—The enforcement of the law in
regard to smoke nuisances from the chimneys of factories
is, since 1892, the duty of the Sanitary Authorities. On
six occasions notices have been served to abate nuisances
of this kind. They have been so far complied with that
no further action lias been necessary.
The cow-houses and slaughter-houses were inspected in
September.
The bake-houses were inspected twice during the year.