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sanitary staff throughout the year, and some 8,404 visits were made in connection
with them. In nine instances sanitary notices were served ; in one
on account of the absence of a dust receptacle, in four for dirty conditions of
rooms, in two on account of defects as regards the sanitary arrangements, in
one for want of proper attention to the milk measures, and in one by reason
of a defective roof. In all cases the notices were complied with, and it was
not necessary to report any of them specially to the Health Committee. There
was one case in which a milk vendor not resident in Shoreditch was summonsed
for selling milk in the Borough without being duly registered in Shoreditch,
although he was registered in an adjoining Borough. The magistrate allowed
the Council 2s., the cost of the summons.
OFFENSIVE BUSINESSES.
The tripe boiling establishment in the Haggerston Road, which comes
under the above heading, was under inspection from time to time during the
year. It was so conducted as not to give rise to complaint.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
The number of workshops, exclusive of bakehouses, on the register at the
end of 1909 was 1,226, 234 having been placed on and 191 taken off during
the year. The numbers for previous years were : 1,183 in 1908, 1,254 in 1907,
1,278 in 1906, 1,218 in 1905, 1,133 in 1904, 1,133 in 1903, and 1,081 in 1902.
A classification of the workshops registered is contained in the summary of
proceedings under the Act which is appended. The increase in the number of
workshops was chiefly in those used for the purposes of the cabinet making
and furniture trades. Some 3,694 visits of inspection were made in connection
with workshops and 192 to factories.
Six communications were received from the Factory Inspector relative to
the establishment of 136 new workshops in the Borough. On inspection 98
were found to be in a satisfactory condition, 13 were not in occupation at the
time of visit, 5 were already on the register, and at one it was found that the
work carried on had been discontinued. The remainder were more or less
unsatisfactory from a sanitary point of view and required the attention of
the sanitary officers.
Some 30 written intimations were received from the factory inspector
referring to insanitary conditions and infringements of the law relating to public
health in connection with 55 workshops and workplaces. The chief insanitary
conditions to which the factory inspector directed attention were: dirty conditions
of walls and ceilings in 10 instances, defective or insufficient watercloset
accommodation in 32, want of proper separate sanitary accommodation