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were in other respects in excellent habitable condition,
and having regard to the house accommodation in the
district, and to the sanitary condition of the inhabitants,
and other circumstances, your Clerk and myself recommended
the Sanitary Committee to dispense with the strict
compliance with the Act, upon the application to your
Board of the several owners of the rooms.
Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.
109 visits were made to factories and workshops, and
orders made upon owners for limewhiting, cleansing and
purifying their several workplaces.
Special attention was given to the 38th section of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, which enacts that
where persons of both sexes are employed or in attendance,
proper separate w.c. accommodation must be provided for
persons of each sex.
Animals Improperly Kept.
Four goats and dogs found to be improperly kept in
rooms and premises were ordered to be removed.
Unsound Food.
336 tins of decomposed potted lobster and several
parcels of fish were brought to the Stone Yard and
destroyed.
Bakehouses.
(Sect. 26.)
There are 27 bakehouses in the district; 14 in the