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As a result of further consideration by the London County Council it was
suggested that in the case of drains, the use of which had already been abandoned
at the time of passing of legislation, the owner or occupier if he had knowledge
thereof should be required to notify the sanitary authority, but the authority
itself should be responsible at its own cost for any necessary sealing off or removal.
On the recommendation of the Public Health Committee the Council agreed
with the suggestion and notified the London Council County accordingly.
A suitable clause was subsequently generally agreed and included in the
London County Council (General Powers) Bill, 1926, as Part IV. of the Bill
(Disused Drains).
At the date of the preparation of this report information has been received
that the Metropolitan Boroughs Standing Joint Committee on the 1st March.
1926, agreed to this part of the Bill being withdrawn, with a view to further
evidence being obtained of the need for the provision and to new clauses being
drawn for insertion in a later Bill. Evidence of the character required has been
duly furnished.
Inspection of Workshops, etc.
The routine inspection of factories, workshops and workplaces has been carried
out during the year. 262 factories were inspected, 418 workshops and 3,444
workplaces.
It is found that changes frequently occur in the occupation of workshops. To
obtain information of such changes and further details of industrial conditions in the
Borough a large number of visits and inspections were made in addition to the routine
inspections mentioned above. As the result of these visits 258 premises no longer used
for the purpose for which they had been registered were removed from the register of
workshops. In some cases, owing to the introduction of machinery, former "workshops"
had become "factories' and the necessary transfer to the factoryregister was effected.
Variations in the staff employed were also frequently reported. During the year 158
workshops were added to the register.

Of the 644 workshops on the register at the end of the year
364 employed men only,
71 employed women only, and
209 employed both men and women.
The number of employees is often very small and many of the workshops are in
tenement houses (houses let in lodgings).