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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The Tables which follow are similar to those used in previous
Reports, and the whole of the work done by both male and female
Inspectors is there shown in a concise form.
The total number of workshops on the Register was 1,741,
including 122 retail bakehouses, 145 workshop laundries, 299
dressmakers' and milliners' premises, and 1,175 other workshops,
but not including 443 factories, 1,229 workplaces, and 361 outworkers'
premises.
Including all factories, workshops, workplaces, and outworkers'
premises, there were on the Register at the end of 1913
3,774 premises, compared with 3,629 in 1912, 3,470 in 1911, and
3,420 in 1910.
The total number of inspections made during the year was
6,244, compared with 6,511 in 1912, 6,050 in 1911, and 6,387 in 1910.
The total number of notices served was 454, 434 intimation
and 20 statutory, compared with 402 in 1912, 462 in 1911, and 580
in 1910.
There were only two prosecutions under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, during the year.
Under the head of other workshops are included domestic
workshops, and under the head of places where food is prepared
for sale are included the kitchens of hotels, restaurants, tripe, fried
fish and eel shops, and other places where food is prepared for sale.
In all 934 inspections were made of 443 factories, and 73 notices,
69 intimation and four statutory, were served.
The total number of the workshops on the Register was 1,741,
14 5 of which were workshop laundries, 122 workshop bakehouses,
and 1,474 other workshops.
In all 3,185 inspections of these were made, compared with
3,227 in 1912, 3,059 in 1911, and 3,346 in 1910, and 199 intimation
and 14 statutory notices were served.