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Offensive Trades.
The only business which comes within this category is
the Soap Works, which is under periodical inspection.
Complaint was made to the proprietor by the
Inspector, of a nuisance arising from the inefficient
cremation of the fumes arising from the tallow melting
pans, and the nuisance was immediately abated.
With this exception the business has been conducted
satisfactorily.
Factory and Workshop Acts.
The various trade premises in the district which
come under the provisions of these Acts; and which
include retail bakehouses, workshops and laundries, have
been inspected at irregular intervals during the year by
myself and the Inspector; and a register of these premises
is kept in conformity with section 131 of the Act of 1910.
Thirty-nine workshops were on the register at the
commencement of the year, and four factories were also
under inspection.
Four new workshops have been added to the register;
one has been converted into a factory by the introduction
of power: one workshop has been closed; and there
remain forty-one workshops registered at the close of the
year.
Factories are also under periodical inspection.
The total number of inspections to these premises
during the year was 149, and the following works have
been executed, viz.:—Six bakehouses have been limewashed,
four workshops have been cleansed and whitewashed,
defective sanitary conveniences has been amended