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At different periods I have condemned and destroyed (sometimes
by request)—
3 barrels of fresh haddock.
Half the stock of a grocer's shop (unfit for food).
4 cases of blown salmon (on landing wharf).
1 kit of herrings.
27 boxes of tomatoes.
Sundry lots of fruit.
Several consignments of damaged rice, wheat, and other cereals,
and 140 cases of mouldy currants, released from the docks by the
Port Sanitary Authority, have been received into the district, and
the proper disposal of same carried through.
Factory and Workshops.
A revised register of workshops and workplaces in the district
has been prepared, and this is added to or altered as occasion
requires. These places are receiving particular attention as to
water closet accommodation, and proper provision for females where
the latter are employed, and also as to general cleanliness and ventilation
and light.
In some instances new W.C.'s have been built, and in others,
where space and the general structure of the worKplace make the
provision of a W.C. on the premises most difficult and undesirable,
special arrangements have been made and the workpeople are provided
with a convenience close by under lock and key.
In one instance I found a workshop where six men were employed
making boots and shoes The place was not registered, was dilapidated
and dirty, and there was no convenience of any kind.
All "outworkers'" premises have been visited when necessary,
and mostly found in a satisfactory condition.
All observations of "Black Smoke" from shafts and chimneys
in the district, notified from the L.C.C., and also my own