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79
The undermentioned were the defects reported and
remedied:—
Drainage defects 35
Water-closets:—
Opening into workshops 22
No fastening to doors (women) 9
Not "suitable 8
Defective light or ventilation 44
Other defects 75
158
Urinals defective and dirty 3
Water supply defects 36
Sanitary defects in workshops 52
Workshops overcrowded 11
General defects on premises 54
Gas stoves not ventilated 24
Total defects remedied 373
The above involved the service of 106 "Intimation" and 22 "Statutory"
Notices.
Whatever may have been the conditions under which clothing was made in
tailors' shops in the City in the past, it may safely be said that these businesses
are now carried on under proper sanitary control. As regards the work put out
and made up by outworkers in other districts, the names and addresses of all
these persons are duly notified to the various local authorities in whose
districts they reside, and the responsibility of securing the proper sanitary
condition of such premises rests with the several local authorities concerned.
FURRIERS' WORKSHOPS.
Special attention has been given during the year to the sanitary condition
under which furriers conduct their businesses in the City. The presence of
dust and clippings of fur, inseparable from the trade, constitute a special
danger, which may not only seriously affect the health of the workers, but
also become a vehicle of conveying infectious disease.
In the course of the year 58 of these premises, containing 57 workshops
were inspected, and in order that the persons employed therein should be
protected as far as possible from the dangers referred to above, attention was