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dust and flies. The old excuse for finding a heap of
sludge or other offensive matter, swept off the unpaved
surface into one corner of the yard, or against the
back wall of the house, is no longer to be tolerated.
The number of yards, passages, and areas paved
during the year was 221. There were 171 eaves,
gutters, and rain-water pipes partially renewed, eightyeight
repairs to roofs, and 211 damp walls attended
to. In some instances, it was found necessary to
place both horizontal and vertical damp-proof courses
to the walls, also re-point down the external surface
of the house walls, as the jointing of the brick work
was extremely bad.
Factories and Workshops Act, 1901.
The number of workshops on the Register,
including bakehouses, is 216. These, on the whole,
have been kept in a satisfactory condition. The usual
visits have been paid, and a'l sanitary matters and
cleansing were attended to without service of statutory
.notices. The homes of all out-workers have been
visited by the female Sanitary Inspector, and found to
be kept in a satisfactory condition.
The number of bakehouses on the Register is
twenty-eight as against twenty-nine last year ; two bakehouses
have been closed voluntarily, and one new one
was opened during the year. The six underground
bakehouses are still in use and have been kept in a
satisfactory condition.
The matters attended to during the year are as
follows :—
Walls and ceilings cleansed .. 22
New w.c. pan fixed ... ... ... ... ... 1
W.C. pans cleansed ... ... ... ... ... 20
Accumulations 2
Cover to storage water cisterns 1
Draw tap to main 1
New dustbin supplied ... ... ... ... ... 1
Floors repaired 3
Flush cisterns to w.c's. repaired 9
Stagnant water removed 1
Other nuisances 5
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