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City of London 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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The following is a Summary of Inspections of separate workrooms, since 1924:—

Workshop Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
FACTORIES.
19241,0501,050
19251,1191,119
19261,4191,419
19271,2981,298
19281,3831,383
19291,9021,902
19301,6491,649
19312,1442,144
19321,8721,872
19332,1212,121
Workshop Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
WORKSHOPS.
19241,1591,159
19251,2191,219
19261,24271,249
19271,2591,259
19281,09311,094
19291,2471,247
1930855855
19311,0441,044
1932878878
19331,0511,051
Workshop Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
WORKPLACES.
19247302732
1925613613
192682142863
19271,04111,042
19288451846
19291,178111,189
193070448752
19311.248951,343
19321,079771,156
19331,3505141,864

Bakehouses.—Bakehouses are scheduled as Workshops (Part 2, Sixth Schedule), and are
required to be registered by the Local Authority (Section 131).
The following is a list of Bakehouses registered in the City:—
ABOVEGROUND BAKEHOUSES,
† 15 /19, Artillery L?.ne. †*85, Middlesex Street,
† 280, Bishopsgate. † 12 and 13, Widegate Street,
† Great Eastern Railway Hotel.
UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSES,
† 188, Aldersgate Street. † 3, Pancras Lane.
262, Bishopsgate. † 21, Stoney Lane.
8, Copthall Avenue. † 68, St. Mary Axe.
†*67, Farringdon Street. 194, Upper Thames Street,
†* 122, Middlesex Street.
SUMMARY.
Aboveground Bakehouses 5
Underground Bakehouses 9
14
* These have been established at least 47 years. † Factory Bakehouses (power is used).
Outworkers and Homeworkers.—The provisions of the Act relating to "Outworkers"
were carried out as heretofore, and the lists of the names and addresses of workers receiving
work from the City firms were duly received without the necessity for legal proceedings.
In 42 cases employers neglected to keep lists at their premises and to send copies of the
same to the Corporation, as required by the Act. Notice in each case was served upon the
offender and in all cases complied with.
No cases of infectious disease were reported in connection with outworkers' premises
in the City.
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