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City of London 1927

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

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Workshop Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
19187831l794
19191,069181,087
1920731731
19211,9581,958
19221,598_1,598
19231,3871,387
19241,1591,159
19251,2191,219
19261,24271,249
19271,2591,259
WORKPLACES.
191871372785
191944541486
1920618618
1921979381,017
19229571958
192367533708
19247302732
1925613613
192682142863
19271,04111,042

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. † 3, Pancras Lane.
† Great Eastern Railway Hotel. † 21, Stoney Lane.
†* 85, Middlesex Street. 68, St. Mary Axe.
† 12 and 13, Widegate Street. 194, Upper Thames Street.
†*122, Middlesex Street.
UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSES.
† 188, Aldersgate Street.
262, Bishopsgate.
8, Copthall Avenue. SUMMARY.
†*67, Farringdon Street. Aboveground Bakehouses 4
*93, Fetter Lane. Underground Bakehouses 12
48, Knightrider Street. —
†*37, Middlesex Street. 16
*These have been established at lsast 41 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 40 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.

The following figures show the number of Outworkers notified since 1902:—

Year.Number of Lists received.Outworkers Employed in City.Outworkers Employed outside City.Total number of Outworkers.
1902....173,7523,769
(Note.—First Notice issued to all employers at the end of 1904.)
19055762367,8918,127
19081,50662416,90917,533
19111,51565616,40517,061
19121,48170915,77716,486
19131,52371816,02516,743
19141,58173915,94116,680
19151,58980715,44416,251
19161,48166114,76615,427
19171,36660213,31913.921
19181,39560712,80213,409