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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
OFFENSIVE TRADE REFUSE
The arrangements entered into by the Council for the removal of
the above by a contractor have worked satisfactorily,
REVENUE ACT, 1903.
During the year 40 certificates were granted under the above Act,
and four certificates were refused.
The certificates granted referred to 606 houses or 875 separate
tenements.
UNSOUND FOOD.
During the year 12 stone of plaice, eight boxes of kippers, one
bag of cockles, four boxes and 134 mackerel, 22 baskets of cherries,
94 lbs. of beef, four crates of bananas, two trunks of hake, four gallons
periwinkles, one trunk skate, one box of grapes, one box of haddocks,
and 48 rabbits were destroyed at the request of the owners and the
usual certificates granted.
Proceeding were taken in two cases, in one for exposing for sale
rabbits which were unfit for food and the defendant was fined £5 and
costs, and in the other, for exposing for sale fruit unfit for food, the
defendant was fined and costs.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
No change has been made in the system of registration during the
year as it has been found that the card system fulfils all the requirements.
The Tables which follow are similar to those used in 1904, and
the whole of the work done by both the male and female Inspectors is
there summarised in a concise form.
The total number of workshops on the Register was 1,701,
including 162 retail bakehouses, 125 workshop laundries, 299 domestic
workshops, and 1,115 other workshops, but not including 250 factories,
873 workplaces, and 221 outworkers' premises.
Including all factories, workshops, workplaces and outworkers'
premises there were on the Register at the end of 1905 3,045 premises,
compared with 2,987 in 1904, and 2,676 in 1903.