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effect oil persons breathing it. It is, therefore important that all stoves,
geysers, &c., consuming gas should be provided with effective means of
ventilation even though the stoves should be claimed to be self-consuming,
and that care should be exercised to see that no leakages occur from
faulty pipes and connections.
The Board of Trade proposes to issue an Order to prohibit the supply
of any gas containing carbon monoxide unless it has a distinctive pungent
smell.
Outworkers.—Employers in certain trades, particularly those engaged
in the manufacture of articles of clothing, who give out work to be done
in the people's homes, are required twice a year to send in lists of the
names and addresses of such persons so that the places where the work is
carried on may be inspected, and steps may be taken in case of infectious
disease to prevent infected articles being given out from or returned to
the shops if in course of manufacture. Notices were sent to 53
employers who neglected to send in returns, and those who failed
to reply were visited by an Inspector. In 3 instances the employers
were found to have given up business : the others sent in their returns
without proceedings having to be taken. The handling of these
lists requires a considerable amount of clerical work, as the names and
addresses of persons living out of Westminster but receiving work from
employers in Westminster have to be sent to the M.O.H. of the district
in which they live. They in their turn send names of persons living in
Westminster receiving work from employers in their districts. All the
Metropolitan districts, except Greenwich, are represented, in the
following proportions:—
Battersea 65
Bermondsey 10
Bethnal Green16
Camberwell 33
Chelsea18
City of London 35
Deptford 6
Finsbury 23
Fulham 42
Greenwich -
Hackney 37
Hammersmith 64
Hampstead 19
Holborn 126
Islington 115
Kensington 86
Lambeth 102
Lewisham 18
Paddington 99
Poplar 9
St. Marylebone 574
St. Pancras 456
Shoreditch 13
Stepney 233
Southwark 48
Stoke Newington 11
Wandsworth . 63
Woolwich 4
The districts around London had 283 names, Willesden taking 104
of these.
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