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and therefore the County Council could not repay the half of
the salaries while such duties were performed. Subsequent
correspondence with the Local Government Board showed how
purely technical the objection was, the Board having no
objection to the Inspectors acting as they have always done,
provided the Inspectors were paid separately for such duties,
the separate payment to be borne wholly by the local authority.
Two of the Inspectors, Mr. Richard Phillips and Miss Frances
Baker, have special duties with regard to the Factory Acts
and the Public Conveniences. Their reports are as follows :—
Report of Mr. Phillips.
3, Upper Gloucester Place,
Marylebone Road, N.W.
January, 1904.
The Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—I beg to present to you a report of my work during
the year 1903 :—
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
There are in the Borough 127 registered workrooms which
are occupied exclusively by men. The principal trades engaged
in are Tailoring and Outfitting. These workshops have been
regularly inspected, and where necessary, insanitary conditions
have been remedied. Many cleansing orders have
been made, sanitary accommodation and drainage matters
attended to. All new workshops have been measured, and
registered in accordance with the Factory and Workshops
Act, 1901.
BAKEHOUSES.
There are at the present time 96 bakehouses in the Borough,
of this number 12 are overground, the remaining 84 are underground,
and in accordance with Section 101 of the Factory and
Workshops Act, 1901, no underground bakehouse could be
used after the 1st January, 1904, for baking unless it had been
certified by the Sanitary Authority. In consequence the
whole of these bakehouses have been inspected, and in most
cases a considerable amount of work has been carried out
under my supervision before the certificate was granted. In
77 cases certificates have been granted by the Sanitary
Authority. In the remaining 7 cases, no application has been
made for a certificate owing to the fact that the leases of the
premises expired very shortly, and the owners did not see
their way to expend money on the structural and other alterations
which were necessary. Consequently from the 1st
January, 1904, they will cease to be used as bakehouses.