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The following is a statement of the work done in
connection with restaurant kitchens during 1905:—
Inspections 297
Intimations issued 61
Statutory notices served 15
No. of premises licensed to sell intoxicants 3
No. of premises where gas only is used for
cooking 28
No. of premises where sanitary conveniences are
provided for customers 3
Defects found and remedied—
Refuse receptacles absent or defective 13
Dirty walls and ceilings 58
Dirty and defective yards 9
Drainage defects 9
Defective sanitary conveniences 3
Dirty drinking water cisterns 3
Defective flushing cisterns 4
Other defects 17
Outworkers.
The Factory Act of 1901 provides that in certain trades
to be specified by the Home Secretary, the employers shall
twice a year send to the Sanitary Authority lists of the outworkers
employed by them. The trades so far specified by
the Home Secretary are as follows:—
The making, cleaning, washing, altering, ornamenting,
finishing and repairing of wearing apparel and any
work incidental thereto;
The making, ornamenting and finishing of lace and of
lace curtains and nets;
Cabinet and furniture making and upholstery work;
The making of electro-plate;
The making of files;
Fur-pulling;
The making of iron and steel cables and chains;
The making of iron and steel anchors and grapnels;