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Smoke Nuisances. Observations were kept on the different
factories in the Borough, and 193 cases reported to the Public
Health Committee, and notices were served to abate the
nuisance in several cases.
PLACES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED FOR SALE.
Under this head are included the kitchens of hotels,
restaurants, eating houses of all kinds, ham and beef shops,
fried fish shops, tripe and eel shops, and other places were
food is prepared.
There were 54 places on the register at the end of 1903, and
during the present year 44 others were registered, making a
total of 98 premises and 129 rooms. These received 148
inspections during the year, with the result that great improvements
have been effected in the sanitary conditions of these
premises.
BAKEHOUSES.
The number of bakehouses on the register for the year was
79, 77 as workshops and 2 as factories. The number of inspections
was 453. There are 28 underground bakehouses in
the borough. One certificate of an underground bakehouse,
left over from last year, was granted during the year.
The whole of the bakehouses have been kept under observation,
and various defects remedied, and the half-yearly
cleansing and limewashing carried out.
I am pleased to report that the bakehouses of the borough
are kept in a satisfactory condition.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The duties devolving upon the Council with regard to the
above include the provision of proper and sufficient sanitary
accommodation for workpeople in factories and workshops,
with separate provision for the sexes, the cleansing and
ventilation of workshops and workplaces, and the keeping of