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Infectious Disease —Notices were received of the occurrence
of 23 cases of infectious disease in the homes of workers in
Finsbury and resident in other districts. These cases were
enquired into and suitable precautions taken.
The Home Office—Seventy-six notices of occupation were
received from the Home Office during the year, and 37 notices of
complaint relating to the following matters: sanitary conveniences,
17; dirty premises, 16; insufficient ventilation, 1.
The notices sent to the Home Office were as follows: Abstract
of the Factory and Workshops Act not affixed, 15; the workshop
abstract exhibited in a factory, or the factory abstract exhibited
in a workshop, 3; insufficient means of heating, 1; dirty walls, 8;
insufficient ventilation, 3; want of proper drainage to factory
floor, one notice.
One notice was sent to the London County Council referring to
inadequate means of escape from fire in a factory.
Prosecutions—There was one prosecution: for emitting
black smoke from a factory boiler shaft. The defendants were
fined £2 and 2s. costs.