Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that some of the workshops at the Chatham Dockyard, including those used by the 987W joiners and smiths, have not been whitewashed or had the walls cleaned for over seven years, and that some of them are in a filthy condition; and whether he will take steps to put them in a sanitary condition?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe workshops are whitewashed at regular intervals, and there are only three of them now due for cleaning and whitewashing; these will be taken in hand as soon as circumstances permit. The joiners' and smiths' workshops at Chatham were whitewashed on the following dates:—
Joiners' shop No. 1 … March, 1910. " " No. 2 … At present in hand. Smiths' shop No. 1 … 1905. " " No. 2 … March, 1906. " " No. 3 None of the workshops are in a filthy state, and so far as the joiners' and smiths' shops are concerned, the medical officer of the dockyard considers that they are in a sanitary condition. The Factory Acts relating to whitewashing are strictly complied with.