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Smoke Consumption—
The duties under this section have been transferred from the
police to the officers of the sanitary authority. The necessary
duties under this section have received the careful attention of
the inspectors, and it Avas only found necessary to caution
the several owners of furnaces emitting black smoke.
Under the section referring to sanitary conveniences for
workshops, it was found necessary to call upon the owners in
some cases to provide proper water closet accommodation for
the persons in their employ.
Section 48, Public Health (London) Act, requires that
the water companies shall give notice to the sanitary
authority, within 24 hours, of the water supply having been
cut off or discontinued to any dwelling house. Over 100 such
notices were received, and the inspectors made the necessary
enquiries in every case; and while on the question of water
supply, I would direct your attention to the necessity of a
constant service throughout the parishes, as 1 am convinced that
the present scanty supply, necessitating storage cisterns, often
illplaced, badly covered, and infrequently cleansed, is a fruitful
source of disease.
Houses let in lodgings, section 94. Bye-laws have been framed
by you and submitted, for the sanction of the Local Government
Board (but not as yet confirmed). The duties required to be carried
out under these bye-laws, will entail an enormous amount of work
in compiling a register of such houses, and seeing that the byelaws
are not infringed. Your inspectors have, however, been
careful in seeking out and seeing that all cases of overcrowding
were duly abated.
The slaughter-houses, cow-houses and bakehouses have been
inspected during the past year, and in only a few instances were
cleansing notices necessary.
Under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, the
steps enumerated below have been taken during the year—
Artillery-square—
Following up the order made by the magistrate on the 5th
day of March, 1891, for the closing of these premises, as no
steps had been taken either to demolish the houses or to render
them fit for human habitation since the closing order had been
enforced, the Vestry on the 13th day of January, 1892, after
hearing the owners, passed a resolution that "it was expedient
to order the demolition of the eleven houses in this square,"