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gard to the fact that the duty of sanitary inspection of workshops
devolves upon sanitary authorities in consequence of the
passing of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1891. In making
inquiry into the sanitary condition of the workshops referredto,
attention was specially directed (a), to the general state of
cleanliness and repair of the workshops; (b), to the amount of
cubic space allotted to each worker; (c), to the adequacy or inadequacy
of the means of ventilation provided; and (d), to the
extent to which section 38 of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, which relates to the provision of sufficient and suitable
accommodation in the way of sanitary conveniences, is complied
with. Overcrowding appears to have been the evil most
commonly observed, and this evil was aggravated by the inadequacy
or the absence of means of ventilation. The conditions
as to cleanliness and repair were found fairly satisfactory,
but there was generally, a lack of separate sanitary conveniences
for the two sexes. The Medical Officer of Health
states that the Sanitary Authorities are "primarily responsible
for enforcing the law enacted to maintain workshops in a
sanitary condition," and adds that "this is a duty of the Sanitary
Authorities which the Council might, so far as concerns
workshops to which the Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
relates, feel itself called upon to undertake, should any Sanitary
Authority be in default in this particular." Section 100
and Section 101 (1.) of the Public Health Act are cited as
defining the powers of the Council in this matter.
SANITARY WORKS AND LEGAL PROCEDURE.
At the meeting of your Vestry held on the 21st of
December last, a resolution was adopted, with a view to
benefiting the "unemployed," to the following effect:—
"That it.be an instruction to the Works and Sanitary Committee to expedite
as far as possible the carrying out of needed sanitary works in the Parish."
The subject was taken into consideration by the Committee
at a special meeting on the 28th December, and a resolution
was passed to the effect:—