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Milk-shops.
The whole of the milk shops in St. John's Parish, numbering
seventy-two, were examined, and in a large number of instances
it was found that paraffin oil was kept close to the milk vessels,
and in several cases houses were discovered carrying on the
sale of milk which were not duly registered. Information was
accordingly given to the London County Council.
Workshops.
A large number of these has been examined, but it has been
found impossible to carry out a systematic inspection, owing to
the pressure of other and more important work.
Outworkers.—The Factory and Workshops Act, 1891, requires
the occupiers of factories and workshops to keep a list of persons
in their employ who are engaged in any of the following occupations
at their own homes, viz.:—(1) Making of wearing apparel,
(2) electro-plate, (3) cabinet furniture and upholstering work,
(4) files. The names and addresses of a large number of such
persons resident in the parish have been obtained, but no case of
infectious disease has been known to arise at any of their homes
during the year.
Urinals in Connection with Public-Houses.
On June 19th the Sanitary Committee instructed the
Inspectors to examine and report upon the urinal accommodation
upon public-house premises in the parish, owing to numerous
complaints having been received of nuisances committed in
public thoroughfares in various parts of the parish. Of the fifty
public-houses in St. Margaret's parish, ten were without any
urinal accommodation whatever, and fourteen of the sixty-eight
licensed houses in St. John's parish were in a similar condition.
In many instances there was no water supply whatever to the
urinals. The usual notices were served on the owners or occupiers
to keep the same in a proper sanitary condition, and at the
same time the Committee recommended that all those urinals
which were accessible from the highway and in which the
structures were suitable, and where the owners or occupiers were
willing, that the Vestry undertake the lighting, flushing and
cleansing of the same.
Black Smoke.
In all but one instance the service of an " intimation " that a
nuisance existed from this cause has been sufficient to abate the
same, the exception referred to being that of the Royal Palace
Hotel, Kensington, in which legal proceedings were taken, the
defendants being fined £5 and three guineas costs.