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examinations, both of the sewage and effluent, in order to find means
for overcoming some of the difficulties which have arisen in dealing
with the discharges of certain trade effluents, and to test the
relative values of the different systems experimented with.
Failing the realization of a main drainage scheme of a sufficiently
comprehensive character to relieve the whole of the districts now
draining into the Lea Valley, it becomes eminently desirable that a
purification system should be adopted that is at once efficient, free
from danger to the health and comfort of the inhabitants, and
capable of considerable expansion in the future. At the present rate
of growth of Edmonton and Southgate, it cannot be long before the
land at the Council's disposal will have reached the limit of its
capacity for dealing with tneir sewage by broad irrigation alone, and
it is therefore satisfactory to note that steps are being taken to
introduce one of the bacterial methods of purification to supplement
the old system.
Cow Sheds, Dairies and Milk Shops. Inspections of
these premises are made every month and at irregular intervals
between. The cow sheds and dairy farms in the district are few in
number, but most of them are favourably situated as regards space
and the possibility of further developments.
It is desirable, where such conditions obtain, that as much of the
milk supply as is possible should be derived from the district itself,
and I note with satisfaction that in one instance at least, such improvements
are being carried out as will insure a good proportion of
our milk being produced under sound modern conditions.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT.
During the year the premises coming under this Act have been
periodically inspected and a record of the work done will be found
set out on the form supplied by the Home Office on page 45. A
list of defective conditions remedied is also appended.
In connection with one of our large factories where women are
employed, notice was received from one of H.M. Inspectors of