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(e) In connection with the removal of offensive matter, etc10
(f) As to cesspools and privies, removal and disposal of refuse, etc. —
(g) For securing the cleanliness of tanks, cisterns, etc —
(h) With respect to water closets, earth closets, etc —
(i) With respect to sufficiency of water supply to water closets —
(j) With respect to drainage, etc. (Metropolis Local Management Act,
1855, Sec. 202) —
(k) With respect to deposit of plans as to drainage, etc., (Metropolis
Management Acts Amendment (By-laws) Act, 1899)
Mortuary.
Total number of bodies removed 518
Total number of infectious bodies removed 4
Factories and Workshops.
The total number of workshops on the Register was 3,431 ; but this does not
include factories, workplaces and out-workers' premises.
5,030 inspections to factories, workshops and workplaces revealed defects, which
necessitated the service of 1,398 written notices. Of the notices, 40 referred to
factories, 1,336 referred to workshops including workshop laundries, and 22 to
workplaces other than out-workers' premises.
Cleanliness.— 694 notices were served to properly cleanse workshops.
Ventilation.—The ventilation of 74 workshops was improved.
Overcrowding.—Overcrowding was abated in 33 workshops.
Sanitary Accommodation.—The sanitary accommodation was improved in
242 workshops by providing additional and suitable water-closets.
Drainage of Floors.—The drainage of the floor was found defective in three
workshops.
310 other nuisances were remedied in workshops.
Out-workers' Premises.—5,979 inspections were made to out-workers' premises
during the year ; 636 premises were found to be insanitary, and notifiable diseases
occurred in 308.
A large percentage of out-workers' addresses were found to be incorrect, and
on being visited by the Inspectors it was found that they had either left the premises
some considerable time previously or had never lived there at all.
The actual number of out-workers' premises varied from time to time, but at
the end of the year it was 4,263.