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Bakehouses.
There were 23 bakehouses on the register at the end of the year,
two having been closed during the year. All of these are classed as
factories, and 20 of them use mechanical power. Seventy-six inspections
were made but it was not necessary to serve any notices.
Five of the bakehouses were "basement bakehouses" within the
meaning of Section 54 of the Factories Act, 1937. Under this Section,
it is the duty of the Council, at five-yearly intervals, to inspect their
underground bakehouses to ascertain whether the Certificates of
Suitability originally issued under the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901,
should still remain in force. The Council agreed to certain standards
being maintained in such bakehouses, and the present year being the
final year of the quinquennial period, inspections were carried out.
Certificates of Suitability were recommended to remain in force with
regard to the three underground bakehouses remaining in operation in
the Borough.
Offensive Trades.
There are two premises in the Borough at which the scheduled
offensive trade of fat melting is carried on. The firms concerned have
been established for many years, and the trades are conducted
satisfactorily.
Outworkers.
During the year lists of outworkers were received from Battersea
employers and from other authorities as required by the Factories
Actt, 1937. Some of these lists included outworkers not residing in
Battersea, and these were forwarded to the appropriate authorities.
The total number of registered outworkers' premises in the Borough
at the end of the year was 271 (including 5 contractors), 66 premises
having been added, and 67 removed, during the year. The total
number of inspections made was 338, most of them by the female
Inspector. The premises were found to be generally satisfactory, and
it was not necessary to serve any notices or take any other action.
No cases of infectious diseases occurred at outworkers' premises.