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I consider that this Act is one which confers great benefits on the
workers and the community at large. The conditions under which the
work is done are improved, and, in cases of infectious disease, immediately
on receipt of a notification, the Register is referred to, and in
many instances it has been found that work was being done at the
houses ; the material has in every case been removed and disinfected
at the Council's Disinfector, and the owners of the work notified of
the occurrence. The Public Health Authorities of the district in
which the latter resided, or had business premises, were also informed.
The principal work carried out in our district under these
conditions are Blouse-making, Dressmaking, Tie-making, Mantlemaking.
Tailoring, and the various branches of Underclothing, etc.
BAKEHOUSES.
The portion of the Act which relates to Underground Bakehouses
has been dealt with by the Council, and 8 of these have been closed as
unfit for the purpose and 4 new Bakehouses have been erected.
The remainder were capable of such alteration which, on completion
of same, they were, in the opinion of the Committee, entitled to a
Certificate from the Council, as required under the Act.
There are also 33 retail and 2 wholesale bakehouses in the
district. These have been visited and important improvements carried
out.
I am of opinion that the Bakehouses of this great district are in
a satisfactory condition.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
During the year 104 vent shafts have been erected, and the sewers
from Baker's Avenue Estate diverted into the Rosebank Road sewer,
and the old sewer across the site of the Baker's Almshouses was
stopped up. The following houses have been connected to the new
low level sewer in the Lea Bridge Road which was completed in
November 1902:—Nos. 1 to 8, Alpha Cottages; 1 and 2, Hope
Villas; Meadow Lodge; Crofton Cottage; 1 to 3, Greyhound
Terrace; the "Greyhound" public-house; the Lea Bridge Gas Company's
house; Nos. 1 to 17, Nursery Cottages, and the Board
Schools. A new 9-inch sewer has been put in Elm Park Road and
all the houses in that road connected up. The sewer in Lonsdale
Road was extended 77 yards in order to take the drainage of three
houses erected at the farther end of the road. The sewer in Leyton
Green Road was extended 100 yards towards Knott's Green to drain
the Cedar Lawn Estate. Nos. 50-72, Oakdale Road were re-drained