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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
This Act places a duty on "every District Council to keep a
register of all Workshops situate within its district." At the
end of the year 1903, the number of premises registered was
755, and the number of inspections made was 984; details of
the class of workers and particulars dealt with will be found in
the table in the appendix.
All places where food is prepared for sale, as restaurants,
cookshops, fried fish shops, coffee shops, and aerated water
factories received special attention during the year, and notices
served to remedy any defects that were found to exist.
In no case was it necessary to take legal proceedings to
enforce compliance with the Act.
DAIRIES AND MILKSHOPS.
Under the London Government Act, 1899, it became the
duty of the Metropolitan Borough Councils to enforce the byelaw.s
and regulations with respect to Dairies and Milkshops; at
the close of the year, 189 milkshops were on the register, and
315 inspections had been made during the year, for the purpose
of " securing cleanliness of milk vessels used for containing
milk for sale," and " for prescribing precautions to be taken
for protecting milk against infection or contamination."
The following letter was sent to all purveyors of milk in the
Borough : —
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.
December 8th, 1903.
Dairiks, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order, 1885
"Drinking from Milk Vessels."
It having come to my knowledge that there is a practice
existing amongst men in the employ of Dairymen and Milk-