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underground bakehouses not in use at the passing of the Act,
whereby if such bakehouse is not then in use it shall not be again
used as a bakehouse, and no new underground bakehouse may be
opened after that date.
At the end of 1901 a copy of the register of workshops kept by
the Home Office was made, and it was found that with those already
on our list there were 2,065 workshops in Westminster registered,
but many more have been added.
Anticipating the requirements of the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901, a register showing particulars of the various workshops has
been prepared. A copy of the headings is given on p. 80.

In the report of the Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops
it appears there are also the following factories :—Laundries, 3;
cap and helmet making, 3; gold and silver embroidery, 5;
shirt, &c., making, 2 ; paper pattern making, 3; tobacco factories, 10 ;
confectionery, 429 ; fruit and pickle trades, 5 ; printing, bookbinding,
and allied trades, 49.
Particular attention has been given to workplaces generally,
especially those engaged in making wearing apparel, and frequent
conferences have taken place with the Home Office Inspectors, so
that there should be a general agreement of the lines on which the
Home Office and the City Council should work. The relative duties
under the Factory and Workshop Act are curiously allocated, thus,
while the methods of ventilation have to be supervised by the
Sanitary Authority, the Home Office has to see that the temperature
of workrooms is suitable. The new Act requires that the measures