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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 four 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 68 notices were served in reference to insanitary conditions
and defects found to exist during the inspection of
the factories, workshops and workplaces in the Borough,
and during the same period 66 notices were complied with
During the previous year there were 84 notices served
and 86 complied with.
The following is a list of the Factories, Workshops
and Workplaces upon the Register:—
Restaurants, Hotels, &c. 167
Bakehouses (23 not in use as Bakeries) 67
Bootmakers 41
Motor and Cycle Makers 25
Dressmakers and Milliners 32
Laundries 50
Outworkers 128
Letterpress Printers and Bookbinders 20
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 74
Smiths, Wheelwrights and Coachbuilders 22
Tailors 18
Builders, Carpenters and Joiners 33
Miscellaneous 285
Total 962
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.