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City of London 1916
Summary of the annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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FACTORY AND WORKSHIP ACT, 1901
The premises at present upon the Register number
3,800, in which are included 7,917 workrooms, &c.
Inspections of Factories total 1,670.
,, „ Workshops ,, 1,960.
„ ,, Workplaces,, 642.
There were 211 notices served during the year for
various purposes under the Act. The total number
of defects discovered was 772.
Bakehouses were as in previous years.
The details of the work done in Factories and
Workshops does not admit of a satisfactory summary.
"Home" Workers.—1,481 lists were received
which included the addresses of 14,766 Outworkers
employed outside the City, and 661 employed within
the City. No new businesses in which Outworkers
were employed were observed.
INSPECTION OF FOOD AT RIVERSIDE WHARVES.
Again it is impossible to summarise the work done
under this heading. Enormous quantities of food
were inspected, of which over 200 tons were
condemned.