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defective and insufficient water-closet accommodation in 12, want of proper
separate accommodation for the sexes in 14, overcrowding in one, accumulation of
refuse in one, and defect in a drain through a manhole cover being broken in
one instance. Four of these workshops were not in occupation at the time of
visit.
Including those brought under our notice by the Factory Inspector, 261 workshops
were dealt with and 2151 sanitary notices were served upon the parties
responsible for keeping them in a proper sanitary condition. In some instances
more than one workshop was dealt with on the same notice. The following is an
abstract of the sanitary work carried out to comply with notices served in
connection with the workshops referred to during the year 1915 :—
New drains constructed 3
Drains relaid or repaired 11
Stack pipes disconnected 8
Stack pipes reinstated 12
Eaves gutters reinstated 11
Sink waste pipes disconnected
6
Yardspaved 7
Water-closets reconstructed 25
Water-closets cleansed and
lime-waslied 101
Yards cleansed and whitewashed
75
Areas cleansed and whitewashed
7
Roofs repaired58
Floors repaired11
Stairs repaired 2
Obstructions removed from
water-closets21
Urinals repaired and
cleansed 3
New water-closets constructed
10
Water-closets' flushing apparatus
repaired 26
Water supply laid on or
restored 1
Rooms cleansed and whitewashed
226
Doors repaired 10
Sashes repaired 4
Dust receptacles provided 11
Foul accumulations removed
9
Walls pointed 3
It may be added that in 18 instances nuisances owing to flooding with
sewage had to be dealt with, in 5 cases overcrowding and in 1 owing to rats
infesting the premises.
In 22 instances statutory notices were served under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, by order of the Health Committee, but the necessity for police
court proceedings did not arise.
The number of factories under observation during the year was 14, and in
connection with them some 26 sanitary notices were served. The works carried
out to comply with these notices included the construction, reconstruction or repair
of drains in 1 instances, the disconnection of stack pipes in 3, of sink waste pipes
in 2, the repair of water-closets in 10, the construction of new water-closets in 12,
anil new urinals in 1 instance, besides a number of other items connected with