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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
The total number of workshops now on the
Register, including bakehouses, is 143.
The businesses carried on at the respective
premises are given in the report of your Medical
Officer of Health.
Visits from time to time have been paid and
as a result the following nuisances have been dealt
with:—
W.C.'s walls repaired 1
W.C.'s ceilings repaired 1
Rooms cleansed 1
This shows a marked decrease in the number of
nuisances discovered, and is probably the result
of the closing of several old establishments and
erection during recent years of a number of larger
factories and workshops on modern lines.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
There are three slaughterhouses in the district,
all of which are registered.
They have been regularly inspected, and
generally found to be well kept.
BAKEHOUSES.
There are 16 Bakehouses in use in the District,
one of which is underground.
They have been visited at least twice during the
year, and found to be kept in a satisfactory condition.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOPS.
During the year two persons have discontinued
carrying on the trade of Retail Purveyors of Milk,