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UNDERGROUND ROOMS.
36. Three underground rooms, separately occupied, were
found not in accordance with the Public Health (London)
Act. 2 were in St. Mary's and Dockyard Wards, and 1 in
Burrage Ward. The service of notices led to cessation of
occupation.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES.
'37. There 'were, at the close of the year, 200 (191 in
1912) workshops and workplaces on the register. 391 inspections
were made, and 46 notices served and complied
with. 120 inspections of factories were made regarding
sanitary accommodation, and 18 notices served and complied
with. 364 inspections of home workers' 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; 25 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 9, and of
workshop bakehouses in use is 40, 14 of the latter being
underground. '2 bakehouses were discontinued. They were
all inspected twice. I inspected most of them personally,
and found them generally satisfactory. 11 certified underground
bakehouses are not in use.