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the end of the year and the work in connection with them is still in progress. In
accordance with the suggestion of the chief sanitary inspector extensive alterations
have been effected with a view of improving the condition and arrangement of the
rooms so as to obtain better light and ventilation. The sanitary accommodation
throughout is being attended to and a satisfactory piece of work is in progress.
The houses in Whiston Street were closed in consequence of sanitary notices served
by inspector Firth, and in each instance a satisfactory piece of work was carried out
With respect to No. 20 the house was generally dilapidated and dirty, the walls and
ceilings were dangerous and the front and side walls of the house were condemned by
the district surveyor and had to be pulled down and reconstructed.
SMOKE NUISANCE.
With a view to the necessary steps being taken to prevent the emission of black
smoke, the various shafts and chimneys, other than those of private dwelling-houses
within the Borough, were kept under observation by inspector Quelch, who is charged
with this important duty. Complaints were received from various sources, including
44 from the London County Council, referring to shafts and chimneys on 15 premises.
In each instance the existence of the nuisance was brought to the notice of the person
responsible, and the nuisance was abated for the time being. In several cases,
however, there was a tendency to recurrence, and it was necessary to bring them under
the notice of the Health Committee. In several cases it was necessary to serve
statutory notices under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, upon the responsible
parties, but no further proceedings were required.
Complaints as to smoke nuisances were not so numerous as last year, and although
several offending shafts still require to be kept under observation, I think, on the
whole, there has been a decided improvement with respect to the emission of black
smoke from the chimneys and shafts in the Borough.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The intimations from the factory inspector respecting the establishment of workshops
within the Borough received during the year numbered 38, principally relating
to workshops used in the furnishing trade, cabinet making, upholstering, and tailoring.
Of these, 24 were found on inspection to be in a satisfactory condition, and the
remainder required more or less the attention of the Council's sanitary officers for the
rectification of insanitary conditions. In addition to the above, 94 written intimations
were received from the factory inspector relating to various insanitary conditions and
infringements of the law relating to public health in connection with 134 workshops
and workplaces. The conditions chiefly requiring attention, were: want of proper
attention to cleansing, defective and insufficient w.c. accommodation, general delapidations,
defective roofs, dampness, defective drains, and over-crowding. The premises