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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES.
37. There were, at the close of the year, 191 (199 in
1911) workshops and workplaces on the register. 928 inspections
were made, and 81 notices served and complied
with. 67 inspections of factories were made regarding
sanitary accommodation, and 20 notices served and complied
with. 529 inspections of homeworkers' premises were made
and 18 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; 31 new workrooms were measured up
and put on the register.
38. A special report on Homework 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 10, and of
workshop bakehouses in use is 42, 15 of the latter being
underground. 1 bakehouse was discontinued. They were
all inspected twice. I inspected most of them personally,
and found them generally satisfactory. 10 certified underground
bakehouses are not in use.
ICE-CREAM SHOPS.
40. Eighty-nine ice-cream shops were on the register at
the close of the year, compared with 98, 86, and 89, in the
three previous years. 11 were added and 11 removed during
the year. There were 142 inspections made, and 5 notices
served. Regulations, embodying the provisions for icecream
shops contained in the London County Council (General