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The latter is included in the Union Buildings area, for which after a local enquiry, a Provisional
Order was made in 1900 for improving the area, and which was subsequently confirmed by Act
of Parliament.
The London County Council did not insist on the covering of milk for preserving its
purity and for protecting it against infection or contamination. We have, therefore, had much
difficulty in enforcing this. In many cases we cautioned the occupiers, and when the milk was
dirty on account of neglect of this covering I had the milk filtered, or if very dirty had it thrown
away down a gully.
slaughter-houses.
There are now only two slaughter-houses in the Borough, as the Licence for No. 23, Store
Street, was not renewed last October, viz:—
No. 29, Bed Lion Street,
Yorkshire Grey Yard, Eagle Street.
offensive businesses.
The only offensive business in the Borough, is that of a tripe dresser and boiler at Nos. 67
and 68, Leather Lane. These premises are also included in the Union Buildings area, and will
he demolished as provided by the scheme for improving the area.
factories and workshops.
The Factory and Workshop Act of 1901, which came into force on the 1st .January, 1902,
has much increased the work of the Public Health Department. Under this Act the Council is
made the Authority responsible for the sanitary condition of workshops and workplaces in the
Borough, while the Factory Inspector is responsible for the sanitary condition of factories,
although any sanitary defects reported by the Factory Inspector have to be attended to and
remedied under the supervision of this department. The Council is also responsible for the
provision of suitable aud sufficient sanitary conveniences in factories as well as in workshops and
workplaces.
The Secretary of State for the Home Office has been advised that the word "workplace"
is not to be limited to a place where something is being manufactured or made but is of a very
wide signification and includes such premises as stables and stable yards, kitchens of
restaurants, &c.
Under the new Act the Council must keep a Register of all the workshops in the
Brough, and the Medical Officer of Health is required in his Annual Report to the Council to
report specifically on the administration of the Act in workshops aud workplaces, aud to send
a copy of the same to the Secretary of State.
Very important powers of controlling the conditions under which certain classes of work
are done in the homes of the workers were for the first time given to District Councils by the
Act of 1901. These powers aim at the prevention of homework being done (1) in premises
which are injurious or dangerous to the health of the workers themselves, e.g., overcrowding,