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Shoreditch 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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36.
UNDERGROUND ROOMS.
During the year 26 underground rooms were reported on, and Closing
Orders were made or Undertakings accepted in respect of 25. In 4 cases
Closing Orders were determined, the rooms being made to comply with the
Underground Room Regulations.
The number of underground rooms on the register at the end of the
year was 882.
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
The number of factories on the register at the end of 1956 was :-
| Power Factories | 1,085 |
| Non-Power Factories | 135 |
| Total | 1,220 |
During the year 82 factories were added to the register and 127
were deleted, making a nett decrease in the number of factories in the
Borough of 45.