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Workplaces. —These include restaurant kitchens (as the Secretary of State is
advised) and cab and omnibus yards (as decided in the case of Bennett v.
Harding), also domestic workshops and home workplaces.
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Restaurant Kitchens.—The Man Inspector has 54 and the Woman Inspector 116
restaurant kitchens on the Registers for periodical inspection, and during the
year 245 inspections and 90 re-inspections after notices were made.
Domestic Workshops and Home Workplaces.—These places are similar in kind
and character, being situated in dwelling-houses. The Woman Inspector has
171 such premises on the Register and 226 periodical inspections were made at
these premises.
Laundries.—At the 89 laundries on the Register the Woman Inspector made
118 inspections and 16 re-inspections after the service of seven notices.
Bakehouses. —At the 182 bakehouses 800 inspections were made and 43 reinspections
after notices. These inspections included the half-yearly periodical
inspections and a large number of special inspections made by the Man
Inspector for the purpose of making plans of the underground bakehouses to be
laid before the Public Health Committee for consideration as to the issuing of
certificates of suitability.
Outworkers.—The domestic workshops and home workplaces are ascertained
by the half-yearly lists of outworkers furnished by the occupiers of factories and
workshops. Copies of the following circular letter are sent to the occupiers
from time to time reminding them of their statutory duty.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ST. PANCRAS.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Pancras Road, N.W.
To
Sir,
Home Work.
The provisions regulating Outworkers having been amended and supplemented
by the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901 (1, Edward VII.), your
particular attention is directed to the following sections of the Act, which came
into force on the First of January, 1902, and to the Special Order of the
Secretary of State made thereunder.
The required Half-yearly Lists of outworkers should be sent in the months of
January and July and be addressed to
The Medical Officer of Health,
Town Hall,
Pancras Road, N.W.