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City of London 1932

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

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Bakehouses.—Bakehouses are scheduled as Workshops (Part 2, Sixth Schedule), and are
required to be registered by the Local Authority (Section 131).
The following is a list of Bakehouses registered in the City :—
ABOVEGROUND BAKEHOUSES.
†15 /19, Artillery Lane. 4*85, Middlesex Street.
†280, Bishopsgate. †12 and 13, Widegate Street.
† Great Eastern Railway Hotel.
UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSES.
† 188, Aldersgate Street.
262, Bishopsgate.
8, Copthall Avenue.
†*67, Farringdon Street.
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 5
Underground Bakehouses 11
16
* These have been established at least 46 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 37 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 cases of infectious disease were reported in connection with outworkers' premises
in the City.