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taken place throughout the year and 32 notices have been
served for defects or uncleanliness.
General Conditions.—There are, therefore, in the
Borough of Finsbury, at the present time, 69 Bakehouses, 46
underground and 23 aboveground. In these 69 Bakehouses, 190
men work and the average number of hours per diem is 11. In
9 of the Bakehouses the work is wholly during the day, in 45
work is carried on only or chiefly during the night, and in the
remaining 15 it is partly day work and partly night work. The
main figures may be set out as follows:—
Bakehouses.
No.
No. of men
at work.
Average No. of
hours daily.
No. of Bakehouses
in which
work is done
in day only.
Underground 46 125 11½ 3
Aboveground 23 65 10½ 6
Totals or averages 69 190 11 9
In a number of cases the employes live in the house over the
bakery as lodgers of their employer. It may be added also that in a
large number of cases those employed belong to various foreign
nationalities, the German race predominating. All the bread
made in Finsbury is prepared by hand, there is no machine-made
bread.
During the last 20 years there has been a marked decline in
the number of Bakehouses, many of which have succumbed to the
requirements of sanitary legislation. The following are the
returns since 1882:—
Bakehouses in Finsbury.
1882.
1892.
1902.
Clerkenwell Division 60 54 45
St. Luke's Division 45 46 24
Total 105 100 69