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Common Lodging Houses.
Table No. XII., Appendix, shows that there are no less
than 65 common lodging houses in St. Giles parish, with
proper accommodation for 2,372 lodgers.
The whole are under the supervision of a police serjeant,
appointed for that purpose by the Commissioners of Police.
Meat, Fish, &c., Unfit for Human Food.
Your Inspectors have regularly visited the market
streets, and have carefully inspected the different articles
of food exposed for sale, but though complaints have been
made of their inferior quality, yet upon examination there
was no evidence of disease or putrefaction to warrant a
seizure.
Bakehouses.
The condition of the London bakehouses, under the
supervision of the Inspectors appointed under the Factory
and Workshop Act of 1878, according to the reports of
the various sanitary authorities, is most unsatisfactory. In
this District your officers visit the bakehouses as before the
passing of the Act, and deal with them under the
Nuisances Removals Act. Occasionally orders are served
for lime-whiting and cleansing, and these as a rule are
promptly attended to.
Underground Dwellings.
15 notices were served on owners to close underground
cellars used for sleeping purposes.