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(b) Offences Other than Adulterations:
For selling two samples of margarine in unlabelled
wrappers, as required by the Margarine Act, W. N., of South
Norwood, was fined £15 and 12s. 6d, costs in each case.
Proceedings taken for offences under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, or Bye-laws made thereunder:—
For failing to comply with notices requiring the abatement
of overcrowding of workrooms, W. C., of Sydenham, was
fined £2 and £ 1s. costs.
Proceedings were taken against S. P. and S. L. for
permitting a chimney of a vertical boiler employed in connection
with the sewer construction works in Courthill Road. The
defendants were ordered to pay £2 12s. 6d. costs.
Three occupiers of dwellings (one in Kent House Road,
one in Addington Grove and one in Venner Road) were
summoned for failing to comply with notices requiring the
abatement of a nuisance caused by the absence of proper
and sufficient supplies of water. Orders were made by the
Magistrate for the abatement of the nuisances and the owners
ordered to pay costs of 6s., 3s. and 6s. respectively.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP
ACT, 1901.
Workshops:—There are in the borough 597 workshops,
containing 879 workrooms to which provisions of the Factory
and Workshop Act apply. The number of workers found on
inspection amounted to 2173, of which 539 were men, 1239
women, and 395 young persons. The largest proportion of these
workers were engaged in the dressmaking, laundry, and millinery
trades, there being 1,196 women, 300 young persons and 19 men
so employed. These premises are inspected by the women