Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Of this total 52 use power and are therefore technically factories.
Eighteen of the 60 are underground bakehouses. Additions to and
removals from the list during 1935 were:—
New bakehouses Factories—2 (above ground)
„ ,, Workshops—Nil.
Premises closed Factory—1 (under ground)
„ „ Workshops—2 (above ground)
Inspections made during the year numbered 74, of which
56 were to factory bakehouses, and 11 intimation and 2 statutory
notices were served, mainly for failure to carry out the half-yearly
lime-whiting of the bakehouses within the statutory period.
Warehouses and Wharves.
At the end of 1935, there were 64 premises on the register,
including railway yards. These premises are systematically
inspected, and during the year 87 inspections were made. Five
intimation notices were served to remedy nuisances found on
inspection, and were complied with.