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Sanitary Administration.
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number of Bakehouses, 24; and Domestic Workshops, 12. They
are all in a satisfactory condition. Very few cases of notifiable
cases of infectious disease have occurred in Hampton Square, but
from its confined space, want of circulation of air and low ceiling
rooms make it an unhealthy area. If 20 houses in the middle of
the Square could be swept away, it would vastly improve the
conditions. West Road is in constant need of supervision from the
slackness of the Owner doing the necessary work, and from the
dislike of soap and water of some of the tenants. In Barnes a
block of flats in Stanton Road requires constant attention, the
Landlord does little or nothing without compulsion, and
consequently the houses are more or less in a dirty state, partly
also the fault of the tenants. Flats are not desirable dwellings for
the poorer class ; in a house of their own many can be educated up
to cleanliness.
Beyond the fact that St. Ann's Passage containing 20 houses,
should be cleared away, and a half-dozen in Railway side, there is
nothing special to call attention to.
FOOD INSPECTIONS.
Very careful inspections of Butchers' and Fishmongers'
premises have, from time to time, been made by the Assistant
Inspector. Seven cases of fish and five lots of butchers' meat,
bacon and poultry of various weights were condemned as unfit for
human food. A butcher in Sheen Lane, Mortlake, was prosecuted
for having bad meat in his safe, and fined £20.