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City of Westminster 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Outworkers.—A total of 993 lists was received during the year.
Notices in respect of failure to send lists were sent to 126 firms. No
legal proceedings were necessary, but six firms were cautioned.
The lists contained 9,456 names and addresses, of which 5,243 were
in other districts, 4,311 being within the Metropolitan area and 498 in the
London Suburban districts.
The number of individual outworkers in the City at the close of the
year was 1,656, of whom 1,564 were registered as occupying workshops.
The number of premises in which outwork was being carried on was 703.
Special Classes of Premises and Occupations subject to control
by the Local Authority.
(1) Common Lodging Houses.
There are 5 common lodging houses in the City of Westminster, 4 for men and 1 for women, viz.:—
| Licensed to receive:— | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men. | Women. | |
| 16, Strutton Ground | 201 | — |
| Bruce House, Kemble Street | 716 | — |
| 33, Great Peter Street | 80 | — |
| 7, St. Ann's Street | 565 | — |
| 28-30, Greencoat Place | — | 184 |
The City Council renewed all licences for a period of one year,
operating from 1st July, 1935, to 30th June, 1936.
The duties of inspection involve visits both by day and by night and are
carried out by a male sanitary inspector for men's lodging houses and
the female sanitary inspector for the women's lodging house. During
the year, 183 inspections were made, 73 being between the hours of 6 p.m.
and 9 a.m. Conditions were generally found to be satisfactory.
(2) Seamen's lodging houses.
(3) Slaughter houses. There are none in the City.
(4) Offensive trades.
(5) Cowsheds.—There are no cowsheds in the City, but a temporary
licence to keep two cows for a period of 14 days was granted to the Milk
Marketing Board in respect of an exhibition held in the Booking Hall of
Charing Cross Underground Railway Station.