London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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City of London 1936

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

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WORKSHOPS.Workshop Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
19271,259-1,259
19281,093l1,094
19291,2471,247
1930855855
19311,0441,044
1932878878
19331,0511,051
19341,1941,194
1935733733
1936402402

WORKPLACES.Workshop Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
19271,041l1,042
1928845l846
19291,178111,189
193070448752
19311,248951,343
19321,079771,156
19331,3505141,864
19342,1098852,994
19351,2378022,039
19368088121,620

SUMMARY.

Aboveground Bakehouses5
Underground Bakehouses10
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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.
† 15119, Artillery Lane,
† 280, Bishopsgate.
† Great Eastern Railway Hotel.
†*85, Middlesex Street,
†12 and 13, Widegate Street.
UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSES.
† 188, Aldersgate Street.
262, Bishopsgate.
8, Copthall Avenue.
†*67, Farringdon Street.
48, Knightrider Street.
†*122, Middlesex Street,
† 3, Pancras Lane
† 21, Stoney Lane,
† 68, St. Mary Axe.
194, Upper Thames Street.
• These have been established at least 50 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 28 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.
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