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sanitary chronicles. 1895.
The following is a tabular statement of what this
work mainly consists of.
In a separate column is placed the corresponding return
for 1894, and it will be noted that the clerical work is on
the increase. The only figures showing a decrease are
those with regard to meetings of committees and subcommittees,
the truth being that in 1894, a number of
meetings of committees and sub-committees were held
which might have been avoided with no loss of efficiency.
1895. 1894.
Number of Notifications of infectious diseases entered in
Register, copied, and sent to Metropolitan Asylums Board
and Schools, receipt acknowledged and filed 1368 1780
Number of Complaints of Nuisance received, entered in
Nuisance Register, and filed 1307 1268
Number of Dust requests and Complaints received, entered
on Contractors' sheets, copied, and filed 2462 2762
Number of letters despatched from Department 1519 1845
Number of Vestry Notices issued 412 592
Number of Meetings of Sanitary and Sewers Committee
prepared for, attended, and Minutes drafted and written 31 23
Number of Reports from Committee to Vestry prepared 26 21
Number of Meetings of Sub-committees prepared for, attended,
and Minutes drafted and written 16 20
Number of Reports from Sub-committees to Committee
prepared 11 19
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACTS.
The great recent development of Factory and Workshop
Legislation has placed considerable responsibility and
work on the officers of Sanitary Authorities. The workplaces
are so numerous in the parish, that it is not
practicable for them all to be inspected regularly with the
present staff. It may well be a matter of consideration for
the Vestry, at some future time, to add the services of a
lady inspector; the more especially, as wherever lady
inspectors have been appointed in other districts, the
testimony of their use and efficiency has been singularly
unanimous. There are indeed several places in the parish
which can neither conveniently nor decently be supervised
by anyone of the male sex.
The details of the Acts relating to Factories and
Workshops, Bakehouses, and the prevention of smoke,
have been allotted to Mr. Richard Phillips, and he has
carried out his rather delicate duties creditably and
judiciously.