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(6) Houses Let in Tenements.—The sanitary inspectors paid 8,943
visits of inspection to houses of this class. There were no infringements
of the by-laws involving legal proceedings, except in one case, the
details of which are in page 70.
(7) Underground Sleeping Places.
(8) Butchers' Shops and Stalls.
(9) Dairies and Milkshops.
(10) Ice-cream, Premises.
(11) Preserved Meat, etc., Premises.
(12) Bakehouses.
(13) Workshops and Workplaces.
(14) Rag-and-Bone Dealers.—There are 12 premises in the City in
which this business is carried on. No matters requiring attention by the
department have arisen during the year.
(15) Fried-fish Shops and Fish Curers.
(16) Street Traders.
Particulars relating to premises and occupations included in the
foregoing list, other than Nos. (1) (6) and (14), may be found under the
appropriate headings elsewhere in this report.
Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928.—There is one factory in the City which
comes within the provisions of these Acts. Although rag flock is not
manufactured there, it is used in making up material for mattresses.
No samples were taken during the year.
New Legislation.—The Shops Act, 1934, which came into operation
on the 30th December, 1934, placed upon the City Council the duty of
enforcing provisions of that Act relating to ventilation and temperature
of shops and to sanitary conveniences therein. There are over six
thousand shops in the City to which the provisions of the Act apply,
and towards the close of the year steps were being taken to implement
those provisions.
Schools.—In addition to the large number of academic institutions
in Westminster there are 29 elementary and 5 secondary schools either
wholly or partly under the control and management of the London County
Council.
As regards infectious disease in schools, there is close contact between
the officers of the Sanitary Authority and those of the Education Authority.
The former bring at once to the notice of the latter anything in the nature
of even a minor outbreak at a school which the school medical officers can
investigate at the earliest opportunity.