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The cost involved in order to instal efficient apparatus for
eliminating smoke in many instances is very large, and during
trade depression a considerable number of factory owners are
unable to meet the required financial outlay without seriously curtailing
their business. The question of using Coakte or similar
products has not, however, been sufficiently considered.
Common Lodging Houses.
There are 11 Common Lodging Houses in the Borough, four
in the North of the Borough, and seven in the Southern portion,
.all of which, with one exception, were originally constructed and
used for other purposes, such as private dwellings or warehouses,
and have been adapted to meet the requirements of the Common
Lodging House Bye-Laws. The accommodation in these houses
amounts to 666 beds.
These lodging houses receive frequent visits from the Sanitary
Inspectors.
There are some houses let as tenements which are often a
source of anxiety, as they are not subject to Bye-Laws similar to
a Common Lodging House, and it is manifestly impracticable at
present to put into force in this area Section 6 of the Housing
Act, 1925.
No applications have been received for the registration of
new premises.
In the Southern portion of the Borough there are numerous
seamen's lodgings which are at present independent of any local
Bye-Laws, and in view of the conditions under which most of
these lodgings are conducted it is a matter for the consideration
of the Council as to whether, or not, new Bve-Laws, bringing
these places under the supervision of the local Authority, should
not be drawn up.
Offensive Trades.
There are thirty premises where statutory offensive businesses
are carried on in the Borough. They include :—
Fat Melters and Bone Boilers 21
Fish Skin Dressers 1
Chemical Manure Manufacturers 1
Degreasing Bones and Glue-making Contractors
1
Soap Boilers 3
Gut Scrapers 1
Fish Waste Collectors and Fish Meal Man
ufacturers 1
Tripe Dressers 1
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