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with. 266 inspections of home workers' premises were made
and 15 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; 23 new workrooms were measured up
and put on the register.
38. 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.
39. The number of factory bakehouses is 9, and of
workshop bakehouses in use is 44, 16 of the latter being
underground. One underground was certified during the
year, and 9 bakehouses (2 underground) were discontinued.
They were all inspected twice. I inspected most of them
personally, and found them generally satisfactory. Ten (Certified
underground bakehouses are not in use.
Ice-cream Shops.
40. Eighty-six ice-cream shops were on the register at
the close of the year, compared with 76, 108 md 98, in the
three previous years. Four were added and 16 removed
during the year. There were 198 inspections made, and 5
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. The shops are inspected in April, June and
August, by Inspector Powell.