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District.
Section 22—Definitely makes laundries factories or workshops.
The special provisions as to ventilation, &o., apply, however, only
to those laundries that are factories, not to those that are workshops.
Section 27—Extends the provisions of section 15, Factory
and Workshop Act, 1883 (as to water closets, water supply, and
drains in connection with bakehouses), to all bakehouses. It also
prohibits the use of new underground bakehouses after the 1st of
January next.
Section 30—Requires the provision of suitable washing conveniences
in workshops where lead, arsenic, or other poisonous
substance is used.
Section 32—Requires adequate means to be taken for securing
and maintaining a reasonable temperature in workshops.
Section 41—Requires notice to be sent within twelve month3
to the Factory Inspector, who is to forthwith forward it to the
Sanitary Authority, by every person who is in occupation of a
workshop at the commencement of the Act. The sending of the
notice in the case of new workshops is provided for by the Factory
and Workshop Act, 1891, so that at the end of the year Sanitary
Authorities should be in possession of a complete list of workshops
in their district.
Though the above provisions are of great importance, we do
not think that the fresh duties will necessitate any alteration or
increase of the Sanitary staff.
November 7th, 1895.
Premature Discharge
of Patients from
the Fever Hospitals.
A report on the above subject was issued
by the General Purposes Committee of the
Metropolitan Asylums' Board in October. Application
for particulars of such cases were made to all the Metropolitan
Medical Officers of Health, and, accordingly,
several instances were forwarded from this district. The
report states that there was one alleged case of recurrence
in a house for every 285 discharges, and the conclusion
come to was, "That there is no evidence to
show that any appreciable number of patients admitted