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in the interest of personal and public health, that they should be
registered and inspected at frequent intervals.
By the end of the year 1904, 219 premises were on the Register,
39 new premises having been added during the year.
In the Court of Appeal, in February, 1904, two cases were heard,
in which the question was considered of the validity of the bye-law
requiring the landlord of houses let in lodgings to annually cleanse the
house. The Court decided that the bye-law was unreasonable on the
ground that it did not provide for a notice for the required cleansing to
be given to the landlord. Hence the bye-laws of London Sanitary
Authorities have had to be amended in this particular, and the
Council's amended bye-laws are at the time of writing awaiting
•confirmation by the Local Government Board.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
At the end of the year 1904 there were on the Register 194
workshops and work-places, 33 premises having been added during the
year to the 161 places which were on the Register in 1903.
As the result of the inspection of the workrooms and workplaces
in the Borough, it was found that for the most part they were in a
satisfactory condition, and that the requirements of the Factory and
Workshops Act of 1901, were duly observed. There were only 6 cases
of overcrowding which had to be dealt with, but 38 instances in which
it was necessary to require cleansing. There was only one occasion to
require an increase in the water-closet accommodation. In 2 cases the
Abstract of the Factory Act was not affixed in the workrooms, and the
Home Office was notified accordingly. There are altogether 117 domestic
workrooms in the Borough in which wearing materials of various kinds
are being dealt with.
During the year there were no cases of notifiable infectious disease
occurring on premises in which there were workshops, but on several