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(8) Dairies and Milk shops.
(9) Ice-cream Premises.
(10) Bakehouses.
(11) Workshops and Workplaces.
(12) Ray-and-Bone Dealers.—There are 13 premises in the City in which
this business is carried on. These have been kept under observation by
the Sanitary Inspectors, but no matters requiring attention by the Department
have been reported during the year.
(13) Fried-fish Shops and Fish Curers.
(14) Street Traders Dealing in Foodstuffs.
Particulars relating to premises and occupations included in the
foregoing list, other than Nos. 5 and 12, may be found under the appropriate
headings elsewhere in this report.
Other Sanitary Conditions requiring Notice.
Advertising signs obstructing light and air from occupied rooms.—The
growing custom of erecting large electric signs on the front of buildings,
particularly in the Strand and Piccadilly areas, entails, in some cases, the
obstruction or occlusion of windows. An investigation into these
conditions has been made at 47 premises, and while no instance has
been found of dwelling rooms being affected, there were 7 office or workrooms
where artificial light had to be used all day. Ventilation was
possible only by mechanical means or by having the doors permanently
open ; the windows were entirely out of action. In the instances where
conditions were not satisfactory from a hygienic point of view, fresh
arrangements were insisted upon to ensure adequate ventilation.
Investigation of Conditions of Shop Assistants.—A special inquiry was
made in the autumn at the request of the Home Office, through the
medium of the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint Committee.
Seven boroughs, the Cities of London and "Westminster, Kensington,
Hammersmith, Islington, Lambeth and Stepney were selected for these
inquiries and approached for their consent. The City Council acceded
to the request, and instructed the Medical Officer of Health to proceed
in co-operation with the Society of Medical Officers of Health.
The Medical Officer of each borough instructed his sanitary inspectors
to visit 180 shops and to report under 19 separate headings, e.g., lighting,
heating, sanitary accommodation, mess and rest-rooms, provision for