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City of London 1938

[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 since 1929:—

FACTORIES (With Power).Factories Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
19291,902-1,902
19301,649-1,649
19312,144-2,144
19321,872-1,872
19332,121-2,121
19342,965-2,965
19351,825-1,825
19361,119-1,119
19371,100-1,100
19381,049-1,049
FACTORIES (Without Power).Factories Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
19291,247-1,247
1930855-855
19311,044-1,044
1932878-878
19331,051-1,051
19341,194-1,194
1935733-733
1936402-402
1937321-321
1938359-359
WORKPLACES.Factories Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
19291,178111,189
193070448752
19311,248951,343
19321,079771,156
19331,3505141,864
19342,1098852,994
19351,2378022,039
19368088121,620
19378974961,393
19389363901,326

Bakehouses.—The following is a list of Bakehouses registered in the City:—
ABOVEGROUND BAKEHOUSES.
† 15/19, Artillery Lane. †*85, Middlesex Street.
†*280, Bishopsgate. † 12 and 13, Widegate Street.
UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSES.
† 188, Aldersgate Street. †*122, Middlesex Street.
8, Copthall Avenue. †*51, Stoney Lane.
†*67, Farringdon Street. † 68, St. Mary Axe.
†*Great Eastern Railway Hotel.
SUMMARY.
Aboveground Bakehouses 4
Underground Bakehouses 7

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* These have been established at least 50 years. † 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 City firms were duly received without the necessity for legal proceedings.
In 31 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.