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City of London 1926

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

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The following is a Summary of Inspections of separate workrooms, &c., during the year:—

Workshop Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
FACTORIES1,419-1,419
WORKSHOPS1,24271,249
WORKPLACES82142863

The following is a Summary of Inspections of separate workrooms since 1916:—

FACTORIES.Workshop Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
19171,5012341,735
19189043907
191999571,002
1920866-866
19211,95621,958
19221,763-1,763
19231,517-1,517
19241,050-1,050
19251,119-1,119
19261,419-1,419

WORKSHOPS.

19171,3083471,655
191878311794
19191,069181,087
1920731-731
19211,958-1,958
19221,598-1,598
19231,387-1,387
19241,159-1,159
19251,219-1,219
19261,24271,249

WORKPLACES.

1917760124884
191871372785
191944541486
1920618—618
1921979381,017
19229571958
192367533708
19247302732
1925613—613
192682142863

Bakehouses.—Bakehouses are scheduled as Workshops (Part 2, Sixth Schedule), and are
required to be registered by the Local Authority (Section 132).
The following is a list of Bakehouses registered in the City:—
ABOVEGROUND BAKEHOUSES
† 280, Bishopsgate.
† Great Eastern Railway Hotel,
†* 85, Middlesex Street.
UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSES.
† 188, Aldersgate.
262, Bishopsgate.
8, Copthall Avenue.
†*67, Earringdon Street.
*93, Fetter Lane.
48, Knightrider Street.
†*37, Middlesex Street.
†*122, Middlesex Street,
† 3, Pancras Lane,
† 21, Stoney Lane.
68, St. Mary Axe.
194, Upper Thames Street.
SUMMARY.
Aboveground Bakehouses 3
Underground Bakehouses 12
15
* These have been established at least 40 years.
† Factory Bakehouses (power is used).
Outworkers and Homeworkers.—The provisions of the Act relating to "Outworkers"
were carried out as heretofore, and the lists of the names and addresses of workers receiving
work from the City firms were duly received without the necessity for legal proceedings.
In 51 cases employers neglected to keep lists at their premises and to send copies of the
same to the Corporation as required by the Act. Notice in each case was served upon the
offender and in all cases complied with.
No case of infectious disease was reported in connection with premises occupied by outworkers
in the City
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