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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

City of London 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: The following is a summary of inspections of separate Workrooms, &c.:—

The following is a summary of inspections of separate Workrooms, &c.:—

Factories.Workshop Inspectors.Women Inspectors.Totals.
Inspections during the year1,4383191,757
Workshops.
Inspections during the year1,4117512,162
Workplaces.
Inspections during the year512164676

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BAKEHOUSES.
Bakehouses are scheduled as Workshops (Part II., Sixth Schedule), and are
required to be registered by the Local Authority (Sec. 132).
The following is a list of bakehouses registered in the City:—
Aboveground Bakehouses.
§280, Bishopsgate. ‡61, Middlesex Street.
§45, Fish Street Hill. §‡85, Middlesex Street.
§Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street.
Underground Bakehouses.
188, Aldersgate Street. ‡37, Middlesex Street.
262, Bishopsgate. §‡63 to 65, „
‡4, Broadway. §‡122, „
8, Copthall Avenue. 3, Pancras Lane.
15, Cornhill. §21, Stoney Lane.
‡67, Farringdon Street. 68, St. Mary Axe.
‡93, Fetter Lane. ‡75, St. Paul's Churchyard.
§8 to 14, King Street, Snow Hill. 194, Upper Thames Street.
48, Knightrider Street.
SUMMARY.
Aboveground bakehouses 5
Underground bakehouses 17
Total number of bakehouses in the City 22
The Use of the Underground Bakehouses at No. 88, Farringdon Street, and
No. 31, Newbury Street, having been discontinued, these premises cease to be registered
as Bakehouses.
‡These have been established at least 29 years. § Factory Bakehouses (power is used).