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centres of business all over London, and to extract
and forward a properly tabulated list to every
Medical Officer of Health.
The Yestry agreed with the suggestions made by
the Chelsea Medical Officer, and forwarded a communication
to the Home Office in support thereof.
The Home Secretary replied that it was his opinion
that the Sanitary Inspector or other Officer of the
Local Authority should examine the outworkers'
lists in their district, and extract the names and
addresses as are resident within their jurisdiction.
The Vestry however, went farther, and made arrangements
for communication of the names and
addresses of outworkers, working for Clerkenwell
employers but residing elsewhere, to the Sanitary
Authorities of the parishes of residence.
The Sanitary Inspection of Workshops.—
Section 38 of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, requires that every factory, workshop or workplace
shall be provided with sufficient and suitable
accommodation, in the way of sanitary conveniences,
regard being had to the number of persons employed
or in attendance at such building, and also where
persons of both sexes are, or are intended to be,
employed, or in attendance, with proper separate
accommodation for persons of each sex. The Vestry
have considered the question, and have come to the
conclusion that, unless there are special circumstances
in the case, water closets should be provided
in factories, in the proportion of one for each
twenty persons employed, and where there are
employees of both sexes, one closet for each twenty
of either sex, and they have instructed the Sanitary
Inspectors accordingly.
Under Clause 2 of the same Act, it is provided that
any factory, workshop, or workplace, which is not a