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In addition to the routine work of the inspector, systematic
inspection has been made of the factories, workshops and workplaces
in an area hounded by Goswell Road on the west, Old Street
on the north, Shoreditch Boundary on the east, and City Boundary
on the south. This is part of a systematic survey of the workplaces
of the whole Borough, and forms at present the major part of the
Workshop Inspector's duties.

II. Special Sanitary Regulations for Bakehouses.
This matter was reported upon very fully in my last Report, and
it is therefore unnecessary to do more here than state what action
was taken during 1904.
At the end of 1903 there were 21 above-ground and 42 underground
bakehouses. Of the latter there were nine still uncertified
in which alterations were being made or negotiations pending.
Early in January, seven out of these nine were made suitable in all
respects and received the Borough certificate. Two, however, did
not satisfy the Bakehouse sub-Committee, and were therefore closed.
The final result of the administration of Section 101 of the Factory
and Workshop Act, 1901, was:—
(а) That 40 underground bakehouses were so altered and
repaired as to meet the requirements of the law, and
were duly certified—33 in 1903 and 7 in 1904.
(b) That six underground bakehouses were closed as wholly
unsuitable.