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without inspections, the outworkers having left the premises (88),
or having given up home work (102), or being out at the time
of visit (73), or owing to a wrong address being given (29), or
the premises being workshops (7), or the outworkers having
died (5).
Miss Portlock also discovered 3 new workshops and handed
in their addresses for registration. During her visits of inspection
she found 321 premises with sanitary defects. For the
abatement of these she served 230 intimation, and 29 final notices.
Of the 1,145 premises inspected, in only 10 was a room set apart
entirely for the work. In the remainder, work was carried on in
rooms used for other purposes as under:—
Workroom, bedroom, kitchen and living rooms 73
,, ,, and living room 59
,, ,, kitchen 364
,, and kitchen 558
,, ,, bedroom 61
,, ,, parlour 12
,, ,, scullery 8
,, provided separately 10
1,145
FOOD.
A very welcome step has been taken by the Ministry of Health
in issuing the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, but it is
necessary again to point out that local authorities can only endeavour,
very inadequately, to protect the public against contamination
of two articles of food—meat and milk.
The Bye-laws and other legal powers relating to food (see
page 117) are directed to securing ordinary sanitation of the
premises; food obviously dangerous to the, public can be seized,
but there are practically no powers to prevent the preparation of