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outworkers' premises were made, but in no case was action necessary
to prevent work being carried on in unwholesome premises.
No instance of infectious disease occurring in premises,
where home work is carried on, was reported during the year.
Basement Bakehouses
The Factories Act, 1937, (Section 54), requires the Council
to carry out (in every fifth year) an examination of all basement
bakehouses in the borough, for which certificates of suitability have
been issued and are still in force.
The quinquennial inspections for the year 1953/54 were made
of twenty-seven underground bakehouses in respect of which certificates
still operated.
As a result, the occupiers of fourteen basement bakehouses
were permitted to carry on their businesses. Since that time, however,
some of these basement bakehouses have ceased to be used as such for a
period exceeding twelve months, and, in accordance with Section 54 of the
Factories Act, 1937, shall not be so used again.
At the end of the year, the following eight premises in the
borough were the only basement bakehouses remaining where baking can
legally be carried on:-
93-95, Old Brompton Road
139, Portland Road
46, Walton Street
151, Earls Court Road
178, Fulham Road
65, Golborne Road
79, Golborne Road
196, Lancaster Road
SUPERVISION OF FOOD SUPPLIES
General
There are no abattoirs or slaughterhouses in the borough
and no killing of animals for human consumption is carried out.
Inspection of Food Premises
Premises, where food is prepared, stored or exposed for
sale for human consumption, are frequently inspected. The following
is a record of the inspections made by the public health inspectors
engaged on this work for 1956:-