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testimony of persons who had either not noticed the vapours or
to whom the vapours were not offensive, in the result the summons
was dismissed. A recent judgment in the High Courts, however,
would seem to indicate that if persons resident in a neighbourhood
prior to the commencement of what they suffer from as a nuisance
are in fact seriously affected by such a nuisance it is no defence to
produce the evidence of other less sensitive or refined persons who
are not annoyed by the proceedings in question.
Places over which the Council has Supervision.
The special report concerning Factories, Workshops, and
Workplaces is found in Appendix A.
As will be seen from the tables there supplied, the chief
defects found during 1907 were those arising from want of
cleanliness. In each case the necessary work was carried out.
In Appendix C particulars are given of the number of
milkshops, slaughterhouses, etc., in the district.
Cowkeepers are no more to be found in either Barnes or
Mortlake, but the total number of places where milk is known to
be sold is now 38. 124 visits were made by the Sanitary Inspectors
to these places, and many more by myself during 1907, and I am
glad to say that there is a progressive improvement in the standard
of cleanliness observed by the various shopkeepers.
The three slaughterhouses are fairly well kept, and so are
the fourteen bakehouses, but constant visitation is required to
keep these places up to the mark.
Infectious Disease.
No definite outbreak of disease occurred during 1907. The
cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria that did occur were mostly
scattered about the district and distributed amongst all classes.
Measles was infrequent, but some whooping cough occurred in the