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During the year 110 visits were paid and 8 notices with regard to defects were
served.
In accordance with the requirements of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
notices calling for the lime-washing, etc., of the inside walls and other parts of the
bakehouses were issued. It was not necessary to institute proceedings to enforce
compliance with any notice.
Fried Fish Vendors and Fish Curers.—The number of premises in the Borough
used by vendors of fried fish is 25 and by fish curers 6.
Notices calling for periodical lime-washing, etc., of such premises is required
by the by-laws of the London County Council, made under Section 9 of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, were issued, and regular visits of
inspection made and action taken where necessary to have any defects noted
remedied.
Factories and Workshops.
Factories are increasing in the Borough by the introduction of small electric
motors in tailors' and dressmaking establishments. The number of workshops,
many of them domestic workshops, is considerable however, and work in relation
to them bulks very large amongst the duties of the district inspectors, more
especially those in charge of districts on the south of Marylebone Road. The
staple industry is, of course, dressmaking, millinery and tailoring in all its
branches, but in a number of places other trades are carried on.
The total number of visits to factories, workshops and workplaces during the
year was 2,639; 219 by the women and 2,420 by the men inspectors. The complaints
received numbered 41.
The following report which the Medical Officer of Health is required to make
to the Secretary of State for the Home Department in accordance with the provisions
of Section 132 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, gives, in addition
to other information, the total number of defects found and of notices served.