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The following points are mentioned for consideration as needing to be dealt with by
by-laws :—
Walls.—The inner surface of the walls of every room or place used in connection with the
business should be constructed of such material as will effectually prevent the harbouring
of vermin.
Floors.—The floor surface of every room or place used in connection with the business should,
as far as practicable, be paved with jointless, impervious paving, and all wooden floors
should be close jointed and caulked.
Ventilation.—All receiving, sorting and storing places should have permanent openings to the
external air for ventilation, in the proportion of 18 square inches for every 100 square feet
of floor space, and should be so placed as to secure efficient ventilation of the whole of the
premises
Lighting.—All receiving, sorting, and storing places should be provided with means of lighting
equal to one-tenth of the floor space in the form of permanent window lights.
Repairs.—All walls, ceilings, roofs, floors, fittings and utensils should at all times be kept in a
thorough state of repair.
Storage, &c.; obstruction to light, &c.—No rags, paper, or other material should be so stored as to
obstruct the light and ventilation of any receiving, sorting, or storing place.
Improper Storage.— No rags, leather cuttings, skins, bones, or fat should be stored in any open
yard or space.
Receptacles for Fat, &c.—All bones and fat should be kept in properly covered air-tight metal
receptacles and the contents should be removed from the premises at least twice a week
from May to October, and at least once a week during the remaining months of the year.
Rag-sorting Debris.—All rag-sorting debris should be swept up and put into suitable covered
receptacles at the close of every working day, and be removed from the premises at
least once in every week.
Cleanliness.—All floor surfaces, fittings, utensils, and window lights should be thoroughly
cleansed as often as may be necessary to ensure thorough cleanliness, and to prevent the
harbouring of vermin.
Lime-washing.—All walls, plastered ceilings, and inside roofs should be thoroughly limewashed,
and all wood surfaces cleansed, at least four times a year, viz. during the months
of March, June, September, and December.
Summary of Inquiries as to Marine Stores in the County of London.
Number of premises inspected
Number of premises on which a large wholesale trade is carried on 23
Number of premises on which both a wholesale and retail trade is carried on 38
Number of premises on which a retail business only is carried on 374
Number of instances in which rags (or rags and metal only) are dealt with 38
Number of instances in which rags, bones, pepper, metal, &c., are dealt with 391
Number of instances in which fat also is dealt with 245
Number of premises on which fat melting is carried on :—
(а) Kitchen stuff 1
(b) Edible fat 1
Number of premises on which there exist unsatisfactory appliances for fat
melting 1
Number of cases in which rags, &c., are collected from retail shops 37
Number of cases in which rags, &c., are collected from private houses and are
bought over the counter only 341
Number of cases in which rags, bones, fat, &c., are received from dust wharves or
dustmen 36
Number of premises on which rag sorting is carried on 184
Number of instances in which rags are disposed of to mills direct 25
Number of premises from which rags, &c., are collected by wholesale dealers 325
Number of premises from which rags, &c., are removed by the occupier to wholesale
dealers 45
Number of marine stores, comprising warehouses, railway arches, &c., apart from
dwelling houses 52
Number of cases in which basement premises are used as rag stores 86
Number of premises having buildings with slated or tiled roofs 79
Number of premises having boarded roofs or ceilings 140
Number of premises having plastered ceilings 220
Number of premises having buildings with roofs of wood and felt, or galvanised
corrugated iron 89