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Factories, Workshops & workplaces.
38. There were, at the close of the year, 229 (221 in 1907)
workshops and workplaces on the register. 331 inspections
were made, and 55 notices served and complied with. 30
factories were inspected regarding the sanitary accommodation,
and two notices served and complied with. 220 inspections of
homeworkers' premises were made, and 11 notices sent and
attended to.
Miss Middlebrooke devoted a large amount of her time to
the inspection of workshops, factories, and houses, where women
are employed; 58 new workrooms were measured up and put
on the register.
39. A special report on home-work was presented to your
Council on October 31st, 1906, and printed in the Annual
Report of that year.
Bakehouses.
40. The number of bakehouses in use is now 52, 25 being
underground. They were all inspected twice. I inspected
most of them personally and found them generally satisfactory.
Ice-Cream Shops.
41. 108 ice-cream shops were on the register at the close of
the year, compared with 87, 68, and 76, in the three previous
years. There were 187 inspections made, and 12 notices
served. Regulations, embodying the provisions for ice-cream
shops contained in the London County Council (General
Powers) Act, are distributed at every shop on the register.