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business, all the greater sanitary defects having been remedied
in consequence of previous inspections.
The tables will show the enormous amount of work that
has been carried out at the disinfecting station, and, as usual,
the complaints have been surprisingly few.
The destruction of unsound food forms no inconsiderable
part of the duties of this department; some of it is that which
has been surrendered and part that which has been seized.
In this category comes the preserved fruit which had been
seized at a factory by Mr. Kerslake and where a fine of £60
was inflicted.
The tables which deal with the amount and description
of the Inspectors' work, while bearing witness to the large
number of inspections that have been made, do not call for any
special comment.
The department was short-handed in consequence of
the absence of Inspector Perry for many weeks in the early
part of the year.
The Committee granted him leave of absence in hopes
that his condition might be improved by a temporary residence
outside London, hopes which unfortunately were not realised.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
In accordance with the provisions of this Act I have to
submit a report of the work done under this Act during the
year 1905.
There has been a considerable increase in the number
of inspections of factories, workshops, and also of premises
where home work is carried on, with an accompanying
decrease in the number of defects found. There is an increase,
however, in the number of premises which are reported by the
Inspector as having unsuitable or defective sanitary accommodation.
This matter is often difficult to deal with on account
of the temporary employment of extra hands at times of
seasonal pressure. It has not been necessary to prosecute
under these sections, the work either having been done by the
proprietors on receipt of our requisitions or else they appealed
to the Committee and were allowed a further respite.