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Systematic inspections were made during the course of the year by
one or other of the Sanitary Inspectors, and cards, with the number of
workers allowed for accommodation provided, were hung up in the
workrooms. One workshop was found to be overcrowded and two
required improved means of ventilation, while one laundry needed
improved drainage for the floor. In each case the defects were remedied.
Nearly all the workshops in your district are “Domestic Workshops,”
that is, "premises where the only persons employed are members of the
same family dwelling there," and as there is practically no overcrowding
in your district, the sanitary conditions are good.
The chief workshop industries of this parish are blouse making, collar
and shirt making, tie making, and tailoring,
No. 2. Safety from Fire.—This provision has been already
referred to under Factories, but I might point out to your authority that
under Section 15 of the Act a new and important power is given to your
Council to make bye-laws providing for means of escape from fire in
the case of any factory or workshop.
That more and more Factories are being removed from London and
coming into districts like yours, makes it an important consideration,
and necessary precaution to safeguard the workers.
No. 3. Bakehouses.—There are 51 retail bakehouses in your
district and systematic inspection has been made throughout the year,
and the bye-laws enforced, which are practically the same as the General
Statutory Requirements laid down in the Acts.
The Act defines an underground bakehouse as one, if any room used
for baking or for any process incidental thereto, is so situated that the
surface of the floor is more than three feet below the surface of the
footway of the adjoining street. There are at present six such bakehouses
in your district.
Under Section 101, after the 1st of January, 1904, it will not be
lawful to use any underground bakehouse (whenever established) unless
the Council are satisfied that it is suitable for the purpose in regard to
construction, light, ventilation, and in all other respects, and have given
it a certificate of suitability. This provision will apply to all underground
bakehouses whether wholesale or retail.
This section places great responsibility on your Authority, and the
duty you will be called upon to perform is of very great importance in
the interests of Public Health.