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respectively, and to these must be added the summary of work
carried out by the Female Inspector and Smoke Inspector (vide
pages 120-124 and 140-144).
Eight summonses were taken out, and 7 were withdrawn—
the owners having, meanwhile, done the works necessary to
comply with the notices as originally served. In one case the
owner was fined £2 (with 4s. costs) in connection with defective
W.C. fittings at 41, Elliott Road.
Inspection of Market Thoroughfares.
The Market Thoroughfares have been, during 1905, under
bi-weekly special inspection by the Inspectors (2 being on duty
at a time)—Saturday nights (9 to 12) and Sunday mornings (9 to
12). The Market Thoroughfares are Atlantic Road, Wandsworth
Road, New Cut, Lower Marsh and Lambeth Walk. No
unsound food has been seized by the Inspectors.
Other Inspections.
The work in connection with disinfection, smoke abatement,
factories and workshops, bakehouses, restaurants and dining
(coffee) rooms, and the carrying out of the Food and Drugs
Acts, is dealt with under special headings in this Report (vide
post).
WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES.
The London County Council, during 1905, addressed a circular
letter to the Metropolitan Borough and City Councils, drawing
attention to a recent decision given by a Woolwich Magistrate to
the effect that the supply of water from a tap in the yard was
not a proper and sufficient supply within the meaning of section
48 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, for a certain three-