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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number |
|---|---|
| Workshops | 1565 |
| Workshop Bakehouses | 44 |
| Total Number of Workshops on Register | 1609 |
| Class | Number | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Acts (s. 133, 1901) | 20 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshops Acts (s. 5, 1901). | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 136 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector. | 136 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) in use at the end of the year (including factories) | 21 | |
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The trades carried on in the Borough are very
varied as will be seen from the following classified list
of the factories and workshops on the register. The
number of workplaces does not, of course, indicate the
relative economic importance of the various groups, as
the great majority of the workshops in the furnishing