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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1904
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition of the Royal Borough of Kensington, etc., etc., for the year 1904
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3.—Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M, Inspectors of Factories:— | |||||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (S. 5) | Workshop Act (S. 133) | 57 | |||
| Notified by H.M. Inspector Reports (of action taken) | 16 | ||||
| sent to H.M. Inspectors | 12 | ||||
| Other | 4 | ||||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | |||||
| In use during 1903 | 95 | ||||
| Certificates granted | in 1903 | 10 | |||
| in 1904 | 67 | ||||
| In use at the end of 1904 | 78 | ||||
| Number of | |||||
| Homework:— | Lists. | Outworkers. | |||
| Lists received | 95 | 599 | |||
| Address of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 415 | |||
| received from other Authorities | 151 | ||||
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | ||||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | — | — | |||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | 9 | — | |||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | — | — | |||
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1904:— | |||||
| Workshop Laundries | 255 | ||||
| Workshop Bakehouses | 97 | ||||
| Factory Bakehouses | 2 | ||||
| Other Workshops | 1,189 | ||||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1,543 | ||||
BAKEHOUSES; RESTAURANT-KITCHENS, ETC.
The bakehouses in the Borough, 99 in number, were periodically inspected during the year,
with a view to enforcing compliance with the provisions of Sections 97 and 100 of the Factory and
Workshop Act. 1901, which re-enacted provisions contained in the several Acts repealed by
the consolidating Act.
Underground Bakehouses.—The labours of the Sub-Committee of the Public Health Committee
with respect to underground bakehouses, commenced in 1902, were prolonged far into 1904. When
the Act was passed there were 95 underground premises in use; now there are 78 only, in regard to
which the requirements of the Council were fully and satisfactorily carried out.