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Bake houses. These were also inspected in the spring, they
were 64; mostly in good order—2 being however very dirty—the
improvements ordered, were carried out.
Artizans' Dwellings Act. Under this Act, I condemned
a house, (No. 1 Easton Street), in which there was no dust.bin, the
house refuse having to be deposited in the passage under the staircase,
necessarily rendering the house offensive. The Vestry did not
carry out my recommendation. [Evil since remedied.]
The houses in the Turnmill Street Courts, which I condemned in
the preceding year, and in my last Report stated "were in hand,"
must be considered "in hand" still, for nothing further has been
done to them vet.
Workshops Regulation Act. Several complaints made
in regard to this Act, were attended to; and as reported in the
previous year the warning of the employers was found sufficient.
The Meteorology of the year was as follows :—
Temperature, Average
Difference from
Average of 100 years.
Dew.point.
Humidity
(Saturation = 100)
Height of
Barometer.
Rain in inches.
Difference from
average of 54 years.
Tear
48.7
—0.1
42.0
78
29.80
18.5
—7.0
Winter Quarter
(Jan., Feb., Mar.)
38.0
—0.6
32.8
82
29.79
4.1
—1.0
Spring Quarter
(April, May, June.)
54.4
+2.1
45.0
70
26.94
1.2
—4.6
Summer Quarter
(July, Aug., Sept.)
60.7
+1.1
52.5
75
29.84
5.6
—1.8
Autumn Quarter
(Oct., Nov., Dec.)
41.6
—2.1
37.9
87
29.64
7.6
+0.4
Hence the mean temperature of the year was slightly below the
average: the spring and summer quarters being above; and the
autumn and winter quarters below the average.
The rain-fall during the year was extremely deficient; amounting
to 18½ inches only, the average of the last 54 years being 25½ inches.
This deficiency must exert considerable influence upon the sanitary