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City of London 1912

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1912

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Table: Other premises besides kitchens were inspected, including those occupied by provision merchants, grocers, fried fish vendors, fruiterers and greengrocers, &c. *Details of Workplace Inspections, &c., 1912.

Other premises besides kitchens were inspected, including those occupied by provision merchants, grocers, fried fish vendors, fruiterers and greengrocers, &c. *Details of Workplace Inspections, &c., 1912.

Initial inspections34
Periodical inspections957
Re-inspections (sanitary works)528
Total inspections1,519
Notices served—
Intimation214
Statutory82
Total Notices served296
Defects remedied.
Kitchens—
Walls and ceilings cleansed157
Light and ventilation improved11
Water-closets——168
Separate accommodation provided for sexes28
Arrangements improved152
—180
Water supply improved22
Refuse receptacles provided43
Drains relaid or amended4
Soil pipes repaired1
Urinals repaired or renewed2
Sink wastes repaired6
General defects remedied256
Total defects remedied during the year682

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BAKEHOUSES.
Bakehouses are scheduled as Workshops (Part II., Sixth Schedule), and are
required to be registered by the Local Authority (Sec. 132).

Table: The following is a list of bakehouses registered in the City:— Aboveground Bakehouses.

The following is a list of bakehouses registered in the City:— Aboveground Bakehouses.

§90, Bishopsgate Street Without.†155, Minories.
§Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street‡85, Middlesex Street.
‡61, Middlesex Street.†4, Water Lane.
Underground Bakehouses.
188, Aldersgate Street.18, Long Lane.
§81, Bishopsgate Street Without.‡37, Middlesex Street.
‡4, Broadway.§‡63 to 65, „
95, Cannon Street.‡122, „
8, Copthall Avenue.31, Newbury Street.
15, Cornhill.3, Pancras Lane.
‡67, Farringdon Street.21, Stoney Lane.
§‡88, „ „68, St. Mary Axe.
‡93, Fetter Lane.‡75, St. Paul's Churchyard.
§8 to 14, King Street, Snow Hill.194, Upper Thames Street.
48, Knightrider Street.

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*For details of Women Sanitary Inspectors' work, see page 58.
‡These have been established at least 26 years.
†Established during 1903.
§Factory Bakehouses (power is used).