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regulations and recommendations has been prepared and agreed upon
by the Court of the Guild and by the Common Council of the City of
London; further stating that the City of London have been good
enough to arrange that their Medical Officer of Health shall make
inspections and give to the Guild certificates in respect of the premises
of all hair-dressers and barbers within their district who apply for
registration, and the Guild are anxious to make similar arrangements,
if possible, with other authorities throughout the country. The modus
operandi proposed is that when a tradesman applies for the Guild's
certificate, the Guild shall send him a form of certificate as to the
suitability of his premises, to be signed by the Local Medical Officer
of Health or some other approved authority. The Council agreed to
the proposal contained in the letter, subject to each applicant for a
certificate of the sanitary fitness of his premises paying a sum of 5s. for
each certificate given by the Medical Officer of Health, and also to the
certificate being subject to annual renewal. JSTo one has applied yet.
Offensive Trades.—None are now carried on, but in 3 instances
effluvium nuisances arose from business carried on in the City:—
(1) In connection with motor-tyre works from benzine and
ammonium sulphide. This was in the report for 1904. Further
improvements have been made in the means of ventilation.
(2) In connection with cork-hat making from the use of benzine.
(3) In connection with a newly-established fried-fish shop. This
arose from the smell rising to the upper part of the house from the
basement along two chases or channels in the wall. One of these
contained a rainwater pipe and the other a soil pipe. In the upper
part of the house is conducted the business of embroidering uniforms.
The complaint was that the smell not only made the workpeople ill, but
that it impregnated the clothes which they wore and those upon which
they worked, so that the wearers of them and the customers strongly
objected. The matter came before Mr. Justice Kekewich in the
Chancery Division, and an undertaking was given to abate the
nuisance within a fortnight, failing which an injunction was ordered.
The fried-fish business was subsequently discontinued.
E.—Food Supply.
The food exposed for sale in shops and on stalls in the street markets
has been regularly inspected every day (including Sundays). The
following list shows the quantity of food condemned and destroyed
during the year. The bulk of it was submitted by the owners or
purchasers for the opinion of your officers:—