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canal Boats. The work of inspection of canal boats and sailing barges
occupied a considerable proportion of the time of one sanitary Inspector
and during the year 102 boats occupied in all by 207 men, 34 women and
64 children were inspected. No case of infectious disease was discovered
but notices were served in four instances as follows:-
Defective stove pipe, leaky boat, defective pump and cabin
deck head leaky.
Slaughterhouses and cowhouses. There is no mention of these in the
report for 1901 but that to the clerkenwell Vestry for 1900 refers to
4 slaughterhouses and 5 cowhouses with in all 116 cows in this part of
the Borough. (The last slaughterhouse was in use until the beginning
of the 2nd World War in 1939, and although I cannot state exactly when
cows were last kept in the Borough, I remember seeing two cows on one
occasion in a cowhouse in Great Sutton Street since I came to Finsbury
in 1935).
Factories One sanitary inspector was engaged full time on the inspection
of 1.356 factories registered in the Borough and 80 defects were
remedied The new Factory and Workshop Act 1901 had already been passed
and improvements in the Factories and bakehouses, especially the underground
bakehouses, were anticipated when this Act came into force in
1902
Bakehouses There were 78 bakehouses including 46 underground bakehouses
in the Borough, and it is recorded that they were mostly old
and unsatisfactory most of them having been in use for half a century
and some since the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Schools Although no details are supplied it is clear that various
very careful inspections of the schools were made None were closed
during the year for infectious disease.
Disinfection. 15.853 articles were disinfected during the year and 2
vans were employed for their collection and redelivery respectively,
but whether ordinary steam or superheated steam was used is not clear.
983 rooms were also disinfected the walls having previously been
stripped in a few cases During the year a change was made from the
use of sulphur fumigation to spraying with formaldehyde.
Reception Houses. 72 families with 310 persons were temporarily accommodated
in the two reception houses, maintained whilst disinfection of
roans was carried out.
Mortuaries. The 2 mortuaries were used for the reception of 489
bodies as follows 161 for inquests to be held, 12 because of
infectious disease; 9 by orders and 307 for the convenience of
relatives
SANITARY INSPECTION
The following table sets out a summary of the work undertaken in
1901 and in 1963:
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