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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number |
|---|---|
| Workshops | 1749 |
| Workshop Bakehouses | 47 |
| Total Number of Workshops on Register | 1796 |
| Class | Number | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Acts (s. 133, 1901) | 21 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remedi-able under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshops Acts (s. 5, 1901). | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 93 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H. M. Inspector. | 93 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) in use at the end of the year (including factories) | 23 | |
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The variety of trades carried on in the Borough
will be seen from the following classified list of the
factories and workshops on the register. This does
not, of course, indicate the relative economic importance
of the various groups, as the great majority of the
workshops in the furnishing trade, for example, are