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The Public Health Act Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted for
some time by the Council. Under Section 22, which relates to W.C.
accommodation in Factories and Workshops, eight closets for persons of
either sex have been provided, and no prosecutions have been necessary
to enforce the provisions of this section.
As to the means of escape in case of Fire from premises coming
under this Act I am not called upon to report.
With reference to Sections 107 to 115, which deal with Homework,
I beg to report that the total number of lists received during
the year were 32, representing 30 employers, 2 contractors, and
87 out-workers.
Under the Act, employers or contractors giving out Home-Work
are required to send a list of all persons employed by them to do
such Home-Work to the District Council twice a year, viz., on or
before the 1st of February and on or before the 1st of August.
No such lists were received up to February—the 32 being received
between then and 1st August.
I do not think these would have come in then had it not been
for the Council's action in inserting the requirements of this section
for two weeks in May in the local newspapers.
The sending in of these lists only refers to persons giving out
work connected with the following trades, viz.—
The making, cleaning, washing, altering, ornamenting, finishing, repairing
of wearing apparel, and any work incidental thereto.
The making, ornamenting, mending, and finishing of lace curtains
and nets.
Cabinet and furniture making and upholstery work.
The making of electro-plate.
The making of files.
Fur pulling.
Thirty-two is a very small number of lists for a District like Acton,
and I should recommend the Council to take proceedings against
persons whom we find are contravening this section, not for the sake
of recovering the penalty, but because I know of no other effective
way of making the requirements of the section known. These lists
are of great assistance, and are always referred to upon the receipt of
a notification of Infectious Disease. They also enable us to inspect