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LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL
POWERS) ACT, 1928.
During the year it was found necessary to apply to the
Court for Orders for the removal of five persons who were
unable to devote to themselves proper care and attention
and living under insanitary conditions.
The Court made an Order in each case for their removal
to the Hammersmith Institution.
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. — During the
year 84 notices were served in reference to insanitary con¬ditions
and defects found to exist during the inspection of
the factories, workshops and workplaces in the Borough,
and during the same period 86 notices were complied with.
During the previous year there were 66 notices served
and 48 complied with.
The following is a list of the Factories, Workshops
and Workplaces upon the Register:—
Restaurants, Hotels, &c 225
Bakehouses (23 not in use as Bakeries) 69
Bootmakers 55
Motor and Cycle Makers 14
Dressmakers and Milliners 31
Laundries 52
Outworkers 229
Letterpress Printers and Bookbinders 21
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 141
Smiths, Wheelwrights and Coachbuilders 46
Tailors 39
Builders, Carpenters and Joiners 43
Miscellaneous 285
Total 1,250
The whole of these premises have been under a
systematic inspection by your Inspectors and numerous
improvements have been carried out under their supervision.
The following tables have been prepared in accordance
with the form prescribed by the Home Office on the
Administration of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901,
in connection with Factories, Workshops, Workplaces
and Homework.