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Poplar 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE F. Other Matters.
| Class. | Number | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 33 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 6) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 13 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 13 | |
| Other | 1 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) — | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | .. | |
| In use at the end of the year | 29 | |
BAKEHOUSES.
bljrmondsey and Rotherhithe association op MASTER bakers,
Suggestion as to Regulations being made for places
at which Bread is Sold; Alleged Danger to the
Public Health arising from the Sale of Bread in
Chandlers' Shops, etc.; Hours of Labour (Bakehouses)
Bill.
The Bakehouses throughout the Borough were inspected at least
twice during the year.
There are 111 bakehouses in the Borough of Poplar, 36 Poplar
(including one factory bakehouse), 18 Bromley (including one factory
bakehouse), 27 Bow, but at the date of the last inspection five were
disused in Poplar, six in Bromley and three in Bow, so that there were
in use 97 bakehouses, 31 Poplar, 42 Bromley and 24 Bow. See Table A,
page 171, number made up to end of year.
There are 35 underground bakehouses in the Borough, 8 Poplar, 15
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