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BAKEHOUSES.
The Bakehouses, numbering one hundred and twenty-six, have
been regularly inspected; but I am not at all satisfied with the
condition, in which some of them are kept. It is true that my
requirements are carried out, in most instances, shortly after the
service of notices; but I contend, that bakers should keep their
premises in a cleanly oondition, without being told to do so. I am
loth to take proceedings under the Factory Act, but I shall be
compelled to do so, if I find bakers continuously neglecting tho
regulations, framed by order of the Sanitary Committee.
PUBLIC MORTUARY.
The number of bodies temporarily placed in this building was
242
SANITARY PROCEEDINGS.
Table VI. is the Report of the Sanitary Inspectors, and shews
that the amount of work was more than double that of the
previous year. Over 1,300 closets have been cleansed, and supplied
with water; and the pail-system of dusting, initiated by Mr.
Norris, has been extended to the whole of the Parish.
The whole time of the Inspectors has been taken up in attending
to complaints, periodical inspections, &c.; so that very little
has been done in the way of house to house visitation.
The Sanitary Committee have held 41 meetings, and have made
five surveys.
At the instance of the Mansion House Council on the dwellings
of the poor, a Government enquiry into the immediate sanitary
requirements of the Parish was held in October; but, as the steps
of the enquiry, together with the evidence of the witnesses, are
recorded in the public press, and the Report of the Commissioners
has been laid before the Houses of Parliament, I will merely
state, that some of the details will be found in the report of my
colleague, Mr. Yoss.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
GEORGE PADDOCK BATE.