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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 six premises in the
borough were the only basement bakehouses remaining where baking can
legally be carried on:-
139, Portland Road
46, Walton Street
151, Earls Court Road
178, Fulham Road
65, Golborne Road
79, Golborne Road
Register of Factories
Section 8 of the Factories Act, 1937, requires the Council to
keep a list of all factories within the borough with respect to which
the duty of enforcing the provisions of the Factories Acts is imposed
upon them.
The following table gives a summary of the factories on the
Council's register at the end of the year, indicating the types of
business carried on, whether or not mechanical power is used, and where
situated, i.e. North or South Kensington:-