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the weather and the roads. Dust in the country
roads cannot well be dealt with at present, but in
the towns and inhabited roads it can and ought to
be, and if not attended to this summer more
thoroughly than ever before, sore throats and sore
eyes and much more may have to be endured as
may be. Situate as Surbiton is, with main roads
from London running through it to the beautiful
country beyond, motors naturally come this way in
ever and rapidly increasing numbers, and though
the public will soon get accustomed to the increased
speed, yet the dust nuisance will be sure to raise
an outcry and a call for some speedy means of
lessening it. The traffic cannot be dealt with but
the dust can. Besides watering, the Council has
approved of Westrumite being tried and as this has
answered so well in other districts, great hopes of
a substantial mitigation of the evil maybe indulged
in, only it should be tried as early as possible as
the demand may at first exceed the supply.
There are 204 registered workshops and 64 Factory & Work. shop Act,1901
domestic factories ; these have been regularly
visited by the Sanitary Inspector and are referred
to in detail in his report.
These unless they have more than two hands Lrundries
employed in addition to the family are not registered,
and the majority are under that category, but
there are 22 that are registered and duly inspected.
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