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year there has been no occasion to take legal proceedings. In one case
new measures were required to be provided, and in another case a letter
of caution was sent with respect to the condition of the measures, which
had the desired effect.
Number of Milk Sellers 42
Number of Milk Sellers, change of ownership 7
Number of Milk Sellers discontinued selling milk 0
Number of Milk Sellers added to Register 0
Factory and Workshops.
During the year the workshops and workplaces in the district where
male labour is employed have been inspected, the number employed in
each case being checked, and any alteration found duly reported and
entered in the register kept for that purpose. Particular attention has
been given to the sanitary arrangements, cleanliness, light and ventilation,
and where necessary notices served and the nuisances satisfactorily
abated.
Bakehouses.
By your instructions I have made periodical inspections of the bakehouses
throughout the district (16), three of which are underground.
In several instances the abstracts required to be fixed in accordance with
the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, were not exhibited, and duly
reported on. Instructions were left for the said abstracts to be affixed in
a prominent place, specifying as regards the cubic capacity and the
number of persons employed therein during the ordinary period of
employment, particularly in reference to night work.
The condition in some cases necessitated service of intimations with
respect to limewashing, removal of sweepings from under the troughs,
and cleansing of utensils.
Cowsheds and Slaughter Houses.
Five notices were received for the renewal of licences. The premises
were duly inspected and where any infringement of the regulations was
found intimations and statutory notices were served and the infringements
abated before the licences were granted (Cowsheds, 2; Slaughter Houses, 3).
Overcrowding.
During the year complaints of three cases of overcrowding were
received. In two instances the nuisances were abated after service of