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1910 was 378. During the year 1911 29 workshops have been
added and 30 taken off the Register, so that at the end of 1911
there were 377 workshops on the Register in Hornsey.
They were as follows : —
Dressmakers 63
Milliners 26
Bootmakers and repairers 48
Cycle makers and repairers 14
Tailors 24
Laundries 34
Bakers 39
Miscellaneous 129
721 inspections were made and 77 written notices were served.
The number of sanitary defects discovered and remedied was 96.
As in previous years, want of cleanliness is the most frequent
defect to be dealt with.
In 42 cases, comparing with 60 for the previous year, the
occupier was requested to cleanse, and this was immediately done.
In 27 cases the sanitary accommodation was found to be unsuitable,
insufficient, or defective. These nuisances were, however,
remedied on the owner's or occupier's attention being called
to the matter.
Home Work.—There are 118 persons on the list of homeworkers,
an increase of 39 during the year. In every case the
premises occupied have been inspected, but no insanitary condition
existed. No case of infectious disease has occurred in a house
occupied by a home-worker.
Bakehouses.—There are 39 bakehouses in the Borough,
being four less than in 1910.
There are 5 underground bakehouses in the Borough.
Frequent inspections have been made of bakehouses, restaurant
kitchens, places where ice cream is made, and other
business premises concerned in the preparation of food, and,
speaking generally, the conditions found were satisfactory.
Dairies and Milkshops, numbering 80, and 4 Cowsheds
in the Borough, have been frequently inspected.
In 14 instances contravention of the bye-laws or regulations
have been found, and the matters were at once attended to.