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and the Contractors employed by them, to keep lists of
out-workers, and having prescribed forms for the purpose,
such forms have been printed and distributed in the parish,
and an additional Inspector has been appointed, one of
whose duties is to inspect the lists of such out-workers and
to ascertain the condition of their dwellings, and especially
the presence of cases of infectious disease therein.
There are 56 bake-houses on the register; they have
been inspected thoroughly during the year, and the sanitary
condition of many of them has been greatly improved, but
legislation is necessary to compel the closing of all bakehouses
that are situated in underground rooms.
The slaughterhouses, of which there are three licensed in
the parish, and the two licensed cowhouses have been
regularly inspected and found to be satisfactorily conducted.
The same may be said of the street stalls and butchers'
shops, to which frequent visits are paid, but it has not been
necessary to seize any article of food as unfit for human
consumption.