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4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
Workshops on the Register at the end of 1908—
Workshops 50
Workplaces 11
Bakehouses 16
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5.—OTHER MATTERS.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories—
Failure to affix abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act 5
Action taken in matters notified by H.M. Inspector 7
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector 7
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Common Lodging Houses.
I have paid a good deal of attention to these during the year.
The ventilation of the rooms at night needs some attention, otherwise
all the houses are kept in an orderly and clean condition.
The following resolutions with regard to Houses-let-in-lodgings
and Common Lodging Houses were passed at a Conference of
Public Health Authorities, held on November 8th, 1908, and
subsequently affirmed by the Council:—
1. That owing to the fact that Houses-let-in-Lodgings in
our great towns are as a rule inhabited by the
poorest class of the community, and that the present