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The workshops where females are employed (109) were
inspected after her appointment by Miss Middlebrooke, and
the remainder by Inspector Powell.
Forty-seven places where food is prepared, chiefly restaurant
kitchens, were inspected, and 15 notices were served and
complied with.
The sanitary accommodation of 22 factories was inspected,
2 notices served and complied with.
outworkers.
38. Homeworkers' premises were inspected at 180 houses,
353 inspections were made, and 30 notices were served and
complied with.
Bakehouses.
39. Of the 62 bakehouses on the register at the close of
1903, three have been closed and two new ones have been
opened, leaving 61 on the register at the close of 1904. The
new ones are both in St, Nicholas Ward, and those that have
been closed in River, St. George's and Dockyard.
These bakehouses were all inspected twice, and a great
improvement found compared with previous years, especially
in the underground bakehouses. All but seven were found
satisfactory on the last inspection; these seven showed dirty
conditions of floor, walls, mixing boards, &c., these were all
remedied on the service of notice. There were no prosecutions.
Ice-Cream Shops.
40. These shops are now subject to special bye-laws made
by the London County Council under a General Powers Act.
64 were on the register at the beginning of the year, 20 were