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Underground Rooms.
No. illegally occupied 10 No. closed or illegal occupation
discontinued 10
Overcrowding.
No. of houses overcrowded 69 No. remedied 53
Prosecutions —
Cleansing.
No. of adults cleansed 449 No. of verminous rooms or
No. of children cleansed 591 premises cleansed 1,158
Water Supply to Tenement Houses.
Premises supplied 2 Prosecutions —
Sale of Rood.
No. of premises used other No. of inspections 1,552
than ice cream premises,
milk shops and cowsheds 494
Disinfection Shelter.
Persons accommodated 12
Ophthalmia Neonatorum Regulations.
No. of notifications received during the year
from certified midwives nil.
Sanitary Officers.
No. of Sanitary Inspectors (Whole lime)—Male, 18. Female, Nil.
,, ,, (Part time) — Male, Nil. Female, Nil.
No. of Health Visitors—Whole time, 11. Part time, Nil.
Factories and Workshops.
The total number of workshops on the Register was 3,089 ; but this does
not include factories, workplaces and out-workers' premises.
4,611 inspections to factories, workshops and workplaces revealed defects,
which necessitated the service of 1,348 written notices. 79 of the notices
referred to factories, 1,204 to workshops including workshop laundries, and
65 to workplaces other than out-workers' premises.
Cleanliness.—476 notices were served to cleanse workshops.
Ventilation.—The ventilation of 48 workshops was improved.
Overcrowding.—Overcrowding was abated in 24 workshops.
Sanitary Accommodation.—The sanitary accommodation was improved
in 278 workshops by providing additional and suitable water-closets.
500 other nuisances were remedied in workshops.
Out-workers' Premises.— 889 inspections were made to out-workers'
premises during the year; 127 premises were found to be insanitary, and 83
cases of notifiable infectious disease occurred therein.