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It is the duty of the Sanitary Authority and their officers to enforce the provisions
of the Act within their district, and if so authorised by the Sanitary Authoi'ity,
the officers are to institute and carry on any proceedings which the Sanitary
Authority is authorised to institute 2nd carry on under the Act, and they are
empowered to enter on premises, examine and take samples of flock for analysis. The
occupier of the premises may require the officer taking the sample to divide it
into two parts, and to mark, seal and deliver to him one part.
The expenses under the Act are to be defrayed, in the case of a Metropolitan
Borough Council, as part of the expenses incurred in the execution of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, and all fines imposed in any proceedings instituted
by the Sanitary Authority under the Act are to be paid to the Sanitary Authority
and carried to the credit of the fund out of which the expenses under the Act are
defrayed.
The Sanitary Inspectors having been duly authorised by the Borough Council
and the necessary arrangements made with the Public Analyst of the Borough,
the first samples under the Act were taken in October, and down to the end of the
year 32 samples were obtained. Of these, in 11, or just over 34 per cent., the
amounts of soluble chlorine were found by the analyst to exceed the standard.
In 5 of the samples the amounts of soluble chlorine were found to vary from
5 to 12 times the standard amount, 1 sample containing as much as 352.5 parts
per 100,000, and another 379.6 parts.
In 10 instances proceedings were taken with the following results :—in 1 case
the person in possession of the flock was fined £1 with £2 2s. costs, in another 5s.
with 2s. costs, and in a third the summons was withdrawn ; in 4 cases the summonses
were dismissed against the persons who possessed the flock, and proceedings were
taken against persons giving warranties, who were convicted and fined in 3 instances,
£2 with 2 guineas costs, and in the fourth, £1 with 2 guineas costs ; in 3 instances
the summonses were dismissed, in 2 cases with £1 Is. costs against the Council.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
The number of workshops, exclusive of bakehouses, on the register at the end
of 1912 was, 1,143, 170 having been placed on and 163 taken off during the year.
The numbers for previous years were : 1,136 in 1911, 1,173 in 1910, 1,226 in 1909,
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. Some 2,778
visits of inspection were made in connection with workshops, and 384 to factories.
Seven communications were received from the Factory Inspector relative to the
establishment of 80 new workshops in the Borough. On inspection 66 were found
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