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PLACES OVER WHICH THE COUNCIL HAVE
SUPERVISION.
1. Factories and Workshops. The premises coming under
the Acts have been inspected periodically and at irregular intervals. A
record of the work done will be found in the form supplied by the Home
Office. The Act of 1907, which chiefly affects laundries, came into force on
January 1st, 1908. It is the duty of employers to notify the Local Sanitary
Authorities twice a year of the names and addresses of their out-workers.
These out - workers are visited, and particulars kept in the appropriate
register.
Fire. The factories, as well as public halls, are visited from time to time
by Mr. Croasdell, Superintendent of our Fire Brigade, who, on request, tests •
the fire appliances. My Council has superseded an old manual by a new fire
engine of the latest pattern; oil is the fuel, and it will pump 300 gallons a
minute.
2. Common Lodging- Houses. There is only one in the
district. It has accommodation for men only and is an ancient structure,
but I have always found it nicely kept.
3. Houses let in Lodging's. The bye-laws were revised and
sealed by the Council in September, 1906. A large number of houses come
within their scope. The formation of a register thereof containing all the
required particulars will entail a vast amount of work at the first, and,
later on, owing to the constant changes taking place in this class of house,
good deal of time must be devoted by the Inspectors — both out-of-doors
to supervision of the tenements, and in the office to keeping the register
correct and up-to-date in its information. This will produce a great increase
in the work of the Sanitary Department and will necessitate the appointment
of at least one additional male inspector to carry it out satisfactorily.
This is the fourth year this recommendation has appeared in the Annual
Report.
4. Slaug-hter-Houses. There are six on the register, two of old
registration, one who had a seven years' license granted him in 1908, and
three with licenses renewed annually. The annual licenses expire at the
beginning of March. One butcher was cautioned for selling meat not in the
primest condition.
30th March, 1908, was the date of a circular of the Local Government
Board on " The humane slaughtering of animals." This recommend s the
stunning of all animals, without exception, before slaughtering them. The
Board suggested that, to enforce this, our Bye - Laws be altered or added to.