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dation was provided for 4 workshops, 52 pans were cleansed upon instruction, and 85 waterclosets
were repaired. Separate accommodation for the sexes was provided for 3 premises.
Miscellaneous defects.—Forty-five other nuisances were observed, including defective
or want of dust-bin accommodation, undrained wash-house floors, etc., and 49 defects of this
nature were remedied during the year. As in previous years, any nuisances found which
were connected with the purely residential portions of the premises were reported to the
district inspectors.
Workshop Cards.—The number of workroom cards distributed was 293. These cards
specify the cubic space of each workroom and the number of persons who may be employed
in the room during ordinary working hours and during overtime (if allowed).
Notices.—In respect to the above nuisances 62 Intimation Notices were served, and
in 6 instances it was necessary to serve a Statutory Notice before the work was done. Twelve
of the Intimation Notices were served on account of nuisances connected with factories and
56 in connection with workshops. In an increasing degree the majority of the nuisances are
abated upon verbal instruction.
Workshops notified to the Home Office.—In accordance with the requirements of the
Public Health (London) Act (Sec. 7) the addresses of 114 workshops employing women were
notified to the Home Office. These were premises whose occupiers had failed to send in
notification of occupation to H.M. Inspector, or in which the abstract of the Factory and
Workshop Acts was not exhibited.
I remain, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
m. gwyneth davies,
Sanitary Inspector of Workshops.
INSPECTION OF HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
At the commencement of the year this duty devolved on Inspectors Ward
and Hancock, but as the former Inspector was ill and unable to perform his
work, the whole of the inspections were made during the first and second
quarters by Inspector Hancock. However, at the beginning of the third
quarter Inspector Ward, having been superannuated, Inspector Watson, the
senior district inspector, was transferred to the district left vacant by him; and
from that time forward joined forces with Inspector Hancock. Altogecher
9,037 inspections and calls were made to houses of this character, the actual
number being 1,572, while the re-inspections and visits numbered 7,465.
It became necessary in order to get the nuisances abated to serve 1 205
notices, of which 998 were intimation and 207 statutory notices.