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contractor requiring the necessary alterations, and also in case
any inmate of any dwelling house is suffering from Scarlet
Fever or Small-pox or other infectious disease, that the
making of wearing apparel in such places may be prohibited.
Accordingly this register, in order to be of practical use, has been
indexed in two ways, namely, for the names of the occupiers, and
also for the address of the premises occupied, so that on the
occurrence of any infectious disease in such premises, or amongst
the family of such occupier, the necessary steps may readily be
taken to comply with the section. It has not been found necessary
to take any such measures timing the year.
Up to the present, I have found that the various tradesmen
do not readily comply with the requirements of the Act as to
furnishing these lists twice a year. The Act nowhere specifies that
the Council or their Officers shall have to apply for such lists, but
in practice up to the present very few of these lists have been
supplied until they have been asked for at least once or twice.
Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1890, Section 26.
During the year the London County Council made application for
a certificate under this Act for 51 of their dwellings, situated and
being called Hardy Cottages, East Street; this certificate was at
first refused, until certain requirements had been carried out, and
was then granted.
Slaughterhouses. The seven of this class of premises
situated in the Borough, have been visited by the Inspectors on 20
occasions, also by your Medical Officer of Health on several other
occasions, from time to time, and they have been found generally
to be in a satisfactory condition. When inspecting these premises,