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(6) Houses Let in Tenements.—The sanitary inspectors paid 8,127
visits of inspection to houses of this class, which number some 3,350.
Legal proceedings in respect of infringements of statutory provisions
were taken in one case, as detailed on page 77.
(7) Underground Rooms.
(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 at these premises during the year. The Commissioner
of Police reported an infringement, by an itinerant dealer, of the
London County Council's by-law which prohibits the giving of toys,
balloons, &c., in exchange for rags, bottles and similar articles, under a
penalty of £5. This being the first case of its kind in the City it was
decided not to prosecute but to caution the offender.
(15) Fried-fish Shops and Fish Curers.
(16) Street Traders.
(17) Shops as defined in Shops Acts, 1912-1934.
Particulars relating to premises and occupations included in the
foregoing list, other than those already dealt with, 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.
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.