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ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF
Workshops.
The regular inspection of all work-places in the District
continues to work satisfactorily; exclusive of shops, offices and
Covent Garden, there are about 600 places where persons are
employed in some form of mechanical labour.
At the beginning of 1896, the "Factory and Workshop Act,
1895 " came into force (a memorandum on the Act is included in
the Board's 40th Annual Report), and its provisions so far as these
have to be carried out by your Board, have been complied with.
The state of the law regarding factories and workshops is, however,
very unsatisfactory, and it is to be desired that a consolidating
Act be passed to remedy the confusion which exists.
Bakehouses.—By Section 27 of the above Act, no place underground
can be used as a bakehouse unless it was so used on the
1st January, 1896, it is therefore desirable to record the
bakehouses existing at that date. They were situated at:—
7, Bear.Street, 1, Little Compton Street,
18, Blackmoor Street, 33, Little Newport Street,
22, Blackmoor Street, 4, Macclesfield Street,
2, Bow Street, 12, Nassau Street,
6, Chandos Street, 49, Old Compton Street,
13, Clare Street, 21, Sardinia Street,
6, Clare Court, 50, Stanhope Street,
86, Drury Lane, 9, Vere Street,
104, Drury Lane, 93, Strand,
11, Frith Street, 321, Strand,
44, Floral Street, 60, Wardour Street,
34, Greek Street, 70, Wardour Street,
47, Greek Street, 76, Wardour Street,
28, Greek Street, 128, Wardour Street,
With one exception (viz. the muffin shop at 5 Clare Court)
these are underground bakehouses. They have been regularly
inspected.
Laundries.—There are 18 of these places of business in the
District (17 being in St. Anne's, Soho). They have been frequently
visited, and improvements have been effected in several
by the provision of flooring suitable for the requirements of
the work.