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Kensington and Chelsea 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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PART VIII OF THE ACT OUTWORK (Sections 133 and 134)
| Nature of Work | Section 133 | Section 134 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Outworkers in August lists required by Section 133(1)(c) | No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council | No. of prosecu-tions for failure to supply lists | No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises | Notices served | Prosecutions | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) |
| Wearing apparel: | ||||||
| Making, etc. | 127 | |||||
| Household linen | 1 | _ | ||||
| Lace, lace curtains and nets | 1 | |||||
| Furniture and upholstery | 5 | |||||
| Tents | 1 | _ | _ | - | _ | _ |
| Boxraaking | 21 | _ | _ | _ | ||
| Lampshades | 5 | |||||
| Curtains and Furniture hangings | 23 | |||||
| TOTAL | 184 | |||||
During the year, 156 inspections of outworkers' premises were made,
but in no case was action necessary to prevent work being carried out 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, 1961, (Section 70) requires the Council to
inspect in every fifth year all basement bakehouses in the borough for
which certificates of suitability have been issued. The certificates
continue to operate if the Council are satisfied that the bakehouses are
still suitable. The last quinquennial review was made in Kensington in
1963, and in Chelsea in 1964, and at the present time there are nine
basement bakehouses in use in the borough as follows:-
151 Earls Court Road
178 Fulham Road
323 Fulham Road
65 Golborne Road
79 Golborne Road
134 King's Road
517 King's Road
139 Portland Road
46 Walton Street
Register of Factories.
The Factories Act, 1961, requires the Council to keep a list of