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COW HOUSES.
These were frequently visited by the Medical Officer and
Inspectors, in consequence of the outbreak of "Rinderpest" in
the Metropolis. As close a supervision as their other duties
would permit, was kept up for the purpose of detecting disease
and enforcing increased cleanliness, until a Special Inspector was
appointed under Government Regulations.
The number of applications for Licenses was 104. In three
instances, the Cow houses being habitually badly kept, the
licenses were opposed on the recommendation of the Medical
Officers, and the Magistrates refused to renew them.
BAKE HOUSES.
During the year 201 Bake houses were visited, and the
Regulations affecting them carried out under the supervision of
the Inspectors. The Medical Officer accompanied by the Inspector
spent several nights in visiting Bake houses where night-work
was carried on. In 3 Bake houses, boys were found employed
at night under the age proscribed by the "Bake houses' Regulation
Act." The Masters were summoned at the Police Court,
and fines imposed in each case.
DANGEROUS BUSINESSES.
These received the attention of the Medical Officer and
Inspectors, and the provisions of the 7th and 8th Vict., relative
thereto, were carried out. The whole of the Lucifer Match
Makers, and others, were obliged to discontinue their businesses,
their trade or manufacture being carried on contrary to the Act.