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Factories and Workshops.
Summary of Work done during 1898 under the Factory
and Workshops Acts, 1878-1895, and under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, so far as it relates to Factories,
Workshops and Workplaces.—
Number of Workshops visited and inspected 119
Number of Workshops registered during the year 77
No of Persons employed in registered Workshops:—
Males 140
Females 72
Young Persons 23
235
No. of Orders served:—
Water closet accommodation 20
Dirty condition of premises 7
Overcrowding 2
Other nuisances 3
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Notices sent to H.M. Inspector of Factories under
section 27 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891 4
Complaints received from H.M. Inspector of
tories as to overcrowding or insanitary
condition of Workshops 2
Slaughter-Houses.
At a special meeting of the Public Health and Housing
Committee of the London County Council, held on the
24th October, the following licenses were renewed
for slaughter-houses:—
Locality. Licensee.
No. 6, Drury Lane Mr. C. Shortland.
No. 23, Store Street Mr. Wm. Kingmill.
There has been a progressive decline in the number of
applications for the license of Slaughter Houses in London
in each of the last seven years, and the number now