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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of inspections made during the year was 4,933,
compared with 4,946 in 1904.
The total number of notices served was 462, 426 intimation and
36 statutory, compared with 465 in 1904, and 541 in 1903.
There was only one prosecution during the year, for the want of
suitable sanitary conveniences in a place where food was prepared.
The case was heard at the South Western Police Court, and the
magistrate made an order for an additional water closet to be provided.
Under the head of other workshops are included domestic workshops,
and under the head of places where food is prepared for sale are
included the kitchens of hotels, restaurants, tripe, fried fish and eel
shops, and other places where food is prepared for sale.
There was a slight increase in the number of inspections of
factories, especially of factory laundries, owing to the increase in the
number of females employed, and the consequent necessity of seeing
that the necessary sanitary conveniences were provided.
In all 493 inspections were made of 250 factories and 48 notices,
47 intimation and one statutory were served.
The total number of workshops on the Register was 1,701, 125 of
which were workshop laundries, 162 workshop bakehouses, and 1,414
other workshops.
In all 2,628 inspections of these were made, and 196 intimation
and 20 statutory notices were served.
The total number of workplaces on the Register was 873, and
1,571 inspections of these were made, while 161 intimation and 15
statutory notices were served. In one case proceedings were taken as
previously stated.
The total number of nuisances found during the year was 623,
including six cases in which there was a breach of special sanitary
requirements for bakehouses, while only three were notified by H.M.
Inspector of Factories.