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a small charge being made for each emptying. The number of
these is gradually being reduced each year.
PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS.
There are no Common Lodging Houses, or Cellar Dwellings
in the District.
In my last Report I mentioned that the Council had made
application to the Local Government Board for their approval to
the adoption of an Order under Section 51 of the Public Health
Acts (Amendment) Act, 1907, extending the number of offensive
trades as set out in Section 112 of the Public Health Act, 1875,
tvhich must not be established in the District without the consent
of the Council, with the result that the following trades were included:—
Blood Drier.
Fat Melter or Fat Extractor.
Leather Dresser.
Tanner.
Glue Maker.
Size Maker.
Gut Scraper.
Manufacturer of Manure from Fish, Offal, Blood or other
prutrescible animal matter.
Fish Frier.
Fish Skin Dresser.
Dealer in Rags and Bones.
The Council had also under consideration the question of
adopting Bye-laws for thr control of Offensive Trades.
SCHOOLS.
There are 22 Public Elementary Schools in Enfield, including
a Deaf Centre—53 departments in all.
The Secondary Schools include the Boys' Grammar School
and the County School for Girls, also one large and a number of
small private establishments.
There is also the Poor Law School, known as Chase Farm
Schools, and a Roman Catholic Institution known as the St.
Joseph's Home for Destitute Boys.
Periodical examinations of the conditions of the public elementary
schools are made by one of the Inspectors, and any defects
found are brought to the notice of the Education Committee and
Managers, with the result that they arc usually remedied without
delay.
I consider that the sanitary conditions are quite satisfactory.
With one exception all the schools are supplied with water from