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smoke. Both these officers have given in the form of a report
a summary of the work done in their respective departments
during the year 1901. The reports are as follows: —
Town Hall, Marylebone Lane,
1st January, 1902.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—I beg to present to you a Report of my work during
the year 1901.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS.
There are in the Borough 129 registered work-rooms, which
are occupied exclusively by men. The principal trades engaged
in are tailoring and out-fitting. These work-rooms have been
measured up for allotment of cubic space, and certain drainage
matters attended to. All new workshops have also been " cubed "
and registered in the usual way. I have assisted in the measurement
of some of the larger work-rooms under Miss O'Kell's
care.
The registered bakehouses in the Borough number 92;
these have been repeatedly visited, and I can report them all
clean. There are some 10 other bakehouses which are registered,
but only bake occasionally.
NUISANCES FROM SMOKE.
The number of nuisances from smoke, detected or complained
of during the year, show a marked decrease as compared
with those of last year. All places where such nuisances have
occurred are vigilantly watched, and a recurrence seldom takes
place.
TRADE NUISANCES.
Complaints of trade nuisances have been received and investigated,
and when a nuisance has been found or proved it
has in every case been abated.
My regular work has been for the past four months considerably
interrupted by the assignment of special duties in
connection with the epidemic of scarlet fever and small-pox.