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Hampstead 1909

Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Abstract of the Act.
Section 128 of the Factory Act provides that an Abstract of the
Act "shall be affixed at the entrance of every factory and workshop,
and in such other parts thereof" as the factory inspector may direct,
and section 133 of the Act provides that "when any women, young
person, or child is employed in a workshop in which no abstract of this
Act is affixed as by this Act required; and the Medical Officer of Health
of the District Council becomes aware thereof, he shall forthwith give
written notice thereof to the Inspector for the district." Pursuant to
this section 14 workshops were notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories.
Bakehouses.
At the end of 1909 there were 37 Bakehouses on the Register, 22
being underground, and 15 above ground.
The Bakehouses have been kept under constant supervision during
the year. The usual cleansing has been duly carried out twice in the
year, and any defects found have been remedied.
Seven inspections were made in respect of the Factory Bakehouses;
and 36 inspections in respect of the Workshop Bakehouses.
The following is a list of the Bakehouses on the Register at the end
of the year:—
Bakehouses in Wards.
Those marked * are underground bakehouses.
Those marked † are factory bakehouses.
No. 1 (Town) Ward—
57, Heath Street.
3, High Street.
67, do.
19, New End. (4)
No. 2 (Belsize) Ward.
6, Fleet Road.
*65, do.
45, South End Road (3)
(late 2 Heathhurst Road)
No. 3 (Adelaide) Ward—
*44, England's Lane.
*90, Haverstock Hill.
*2, King's College Road. (3)
No. 4 (Central) Ward.
*64. Belsize Lane.
*225, Finchley Road.
*289 do.
†307, do.
*98, West End Lane (5)