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Irongate Wharf Road.
The condition of this Road is very bad. In August 1866,
an agreement was entered into by the occupiers of premises in
this Road to keep it in proper repair, it would otherwise have
been better for the Parish to have taken this thoroughfare in
hand. Some steps ought to be taken to compel these parties to
fulfil their contract.
Removal of Refuse from waste places.
In February last a very useful recommendation was made,
enabling me to employ the Contractor for scavenging Roads, to
remove filth of any description from places, not under control
of the Vestry, where such deposits are injurious to the health of
the inhabitants.
A Mortuary or Dead-house Register.
In consequence of many irregularities in the management
of the dead-house, a form of register has been prepared, and is
now ordered to be kept on the table in the Hall. The Police,
the undertaker, or any other person who may bring to, or remove
a body from the dead-house, have to make note of date and
various other particulars, by means of which it may be possible
to know who enters the place, so that the necessary duties of
cleansing, &c. can be attended to after post mortem examinations.
A key is in charge of the Hall Keeper, the Police, and
the Coroner's Constable.
Workshop Regulation Act of 1867.
By this Act children, young persons, and women employed
in any manual labour on premises otherwise than those included
under the factory extension acts (where not less than fifty persons
are employed) are placed under regulations to be enforced by
the local authority. In the Metropolis, the administration of
this Act has been placed chiefly in the hands of the Medical
Officers of Health. Abstracts of the Act have been printed and
circulated in this Parish.
Several Inspections have been made of premises of
dress-makers and milliners, with a view of ascertaining how
provisions for regulating the hours of labour and night work
have been attended to. It is satisfactory to find no unwillingness
has been manifested by the employers of females in carrying
out the salutary provisions of this Act.