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Petroleum Acts.
There are three premises licensed for the sale of
Petroleum to which the Act applies. These are frequently
inspected, and have been found in order. (>n
several occasions private motor car owners have consulted
the Inspecting Officer of your Council as to the
means they should adopt for the storage of motor spirit;
generally speaking, there is no safer way to store spirit
than to keep it in sealed tins placed in a covered iron
tank situated well away from buildings; to make it a
rule not to have more than one tin in use at one time, and
to return all empties to the tank.
Factories and Workshops.
These remain about the same as last year, and
information respecting them is contained on the sheets
issued by the Home Office.
No infectious disease has occurred in outworkers
premises during the year.
Public Lavatory and Urinals.
This district is without proper public urinals, and
there is a pressing need for them. I have reported this
need several times and no substantial effort has been
made to meet the difficulty. The only site available is
now occupied by a horse trough and street refuge, neither
of which are used to any extent. During the past ten
years our population has nearly doubled, and we can
no longer, with public decency, rely upon the licensed
victuallers to provide urinal accomodation.
Ambulance and Disinfections.
The arrangements for the removal of patients, and
for the steam disinfection of clothing and bedding are
the same as they were 12 years ago. I have received
every possible assistance from the Officers of the adjoining
districts of Finchley and Southgate. Fortunately,
we have had only a moderate number of cases of infectious
disease during the year, but I must again emphasise
the fact that should epidemic arise our present