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Workshops, etc.
The workshops and workplaces—numbering 43—were regularly inspected
and their sanitary condition improved in many instances by limewashing,
better ventilation and paving, etc., in response to the intimations
and notices served.
Hairdressing and Shaving Booms.
The hair cutting and shaving rooms were inspected and dealt with
where necessary. In every case an antiseptic was in use.
Smoke Nuisances.
The number of complaints with reference to black smoke issuing from
the numerous factory chimney shafts in Millwall and Cubitt Town have
been considerably less during the past year. The nuisances occurring
were in most cases abated on the service of an intimation, and when
necessary followed by a statutory notice. The smoke-preventing appliances
attached to many of the furnaces, in conjunction with careful stoking as
the result of previous proceedings, repsated visits, and cautions, no doubt
contributed to this result.
Inspection of Schools.
The schools in my division (Poplar South) number eight, each of
which was inspected during the year.
In one case only was it necessary to serve a written intimation and
this was promptly attended to. With this exception the sanitary condition
of the lavatories, conveniences, water supplies, and fittings was
satisfactory.
Tuberculosis and Measles.
In addition to the ordinary notifications of infectious diseases, in all
cases of measles notified from schools and tuberculosis from poor law
institutions the homes of the patients were inspected and sanitary conditions
remedied where necessary.
Rats and Plague.
Printed circulars explaining the connection of rats with plague were