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St Pancras 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Cabinet and furniture making and upholstery work,
The manufacture of files,
Fur-pulling,
And every contractor employed by any such occupier in the business of
the factory or workshop, and also
The occupier of every place from which any work of making wearing
apparel for sale is given out, and
Every contractor employed by any such occupier in connection with such
work,
to keep in the form and with the particulars prescribed in the schedule hereto,
lists showing the names of all persons directly employed by him, either as
workmen or as contractors, in the business of the said factory, workshop or
place, outside the factory, workshop or place, and the places where they are
employed; and every such list shall be open to inspection by any inspector
under the Factory and Workshop Acts, 1878 to 1895, or by any officer of a
sanitary authority; and every such occupier and contractor shall send to the
inspector for the district a list of such out-workers on or before the first day
of March and the first day of September in each year.
This Order shall come into effect on the 1st day of April, 1893, from which
date the Order of the 27th January, 1896, under section 27 of the Factory
and Workshop Act, 1891, is revoked."
§6—WATER SUPPLY AND WATER SERVICE.
The condition of the waters supplied by the New River and West Middlesex
Water Works Companies during the year, as stated in the Reports of the
Analyst of the Local Government Board and of the Chemists of the Water
Companies, has been already reported in my Monthly Reports.
Regulations of the Water Companies.—The Borough Council now, in 1901,
exercise within the Borough, conjointly with the County Council, the powers
under Sections 17 to 25 of the .Metropolis Water Act, 1871. These Sections
provide that every Company shall make Regulations for preventing undue
consumption or contamination of water, and, under Section 26 of the Metropolis
Water Act of 1852, for preventing the waste or misuse of water, and
amongst other things to prescribe the size, nature and strength of the pipes,
cocks, cisterns, and other apparatus to be used, and to interdict any arrangements
and the use of any pipes, cocks, cisterns, or other apparatus which may
tend to such waste or misuse. Any Company may repeal or alter any
Regulations or make new Regulations instead. The Metropolitan Authority,
the London County Council, now also the Borough Council, or any ten consumers
may be requested in writing to repeal or alter any Regulation or make
new instead, and upon refusal of the Local Government Board may hold
Inquiry and make such Regulation, repeal, or alteration, as they think fit.
Penalties of a sum not exceeding £5 may be imposed for any offence against
the Regulations. Within four days after making repeal or alteration of a
Regulation, notice must be served upon the Borough Council by the Company.
No Regulation, repeal or alteration is valid until confirmed by the Local