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of such premises for the manufacture of rag flock, not only to
supervise the materials which are used for the making of bedding,
etc., but to ensure that suitable precautions are taken by makers
to render their materials free from chemical and bacteriological
impurities. While it is not suggested that the present chlorine
standard should be abolished, other factors might be considered
and a new standard of cleanliness formulated.

All these places are visited very frequently by the Sanitary
Inspectors, and during the year 399 inspections were made.
One application was received for permission to establish by
transfer, the trade of fat melter and bone boiler. The premises
proposed were situated within 400 feet of a new housing site and
in the direction of the prevailing wind; in these circumstances,
attempts were made by placing the applicant in touch with the
Borough Engineer's Department, to induce him to acquire a site
within the offensive trade zone. No new application had however
been received by the end of the year.
In general, these trades are carried on with very little annoyance
to the people living in the vicinity of the factories. It has
not been necessary to institute legal proceedings in any particular
case, letters of warning or personal interview having sufficed to
remedy any default.
Scientific research has progressed considerably in the methods
of preparing the raw material used on their premises. One firm
has installed apparatus of the latest scientific design. The plant
is of the vacuum type, and the results obtained have been
very gratifying so far as the elimination of noxious odours are
concerned. Certain chemical substances generated during the
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