Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906
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"Home Office.—Seventy-tree cases of failure to affix the required Abstract in workshops were
notified to the Home Office, and seven complaints re overtime, etc. Twenty-nine complaints were
received from the Home Office of alleged insanitary conditions in workshops, all of which were
at once investigated and, where necessary, remedied; twenty-four reports thereon were forwarded
to H.M. Inspectors.
"In conclusion: we gladly testify to the almost invariable willingness of Employers to
conform to the requirements of the law when attention is called to any default, and to the courtesy
with which our visits and suggestions are received."
The appended table summarises the work of the Inspectors, under the Act, so far as it is capable of being expressed in this form.
1906. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total for Borough. | ||||||
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Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous | Total | Dressmakers | Laundries. | Miscellaneous | Total. | ||
1. Workshop inspections, No. of | 98 | 333 | 184 | 615 | 1,000 | 15 | 273 | 1,288 | 1,903 |
2. „ re-inspections „ | 28 | 180 | 19 | 227 | 179 | 3 | 38 | 220 | 447 |
3. Workrooms inspected | 126 | 2,118 | 225 | 2,469 | 1,484 | 37 | 246 | 1,767 | 4,236 |
4. Workrooms found overcrowded | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | — | 1 | 13 | 23 |
5. „ insufficiently ventilated | 8 | 17 | 6 | 31 | 10 | — | 1 | 11 | 42 |
6. „ in a dirty condition | 9 | 108 | 3 | 120 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 131 |
7. „ measured; number of | 32 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 120 | — | 11 | 131 | 189 |
8. Workshops, &c., reported to H.M. Inspector | 13 | — | 14 | 27 | 38 | - | 8 | 46 | 73 |
9. Workshops, &c., reported by H.M. Inspector | 10 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 40 | - | 6 | 46 | 62 |
10. Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered | 13 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 55 | - | 17 | 72 | 102 |
11. Workshops, &c., removed from register | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 1 | 9 | 60 | 72 |
12. Domestic workshops and workplaces inspected | 37 | 74 | 109 | 220 | 13 | 1 | 154 | 168 | 388 |
13. Written intimations issued | 9 | 62 | 3 | 75 | 45 | 1 | 15 | 61 | 136 |
14. Statutory notices issued | 1 | 23 | 1 | 25 | 7 | — | 3 | 10 | 35 |
15. Sanitary defects remedied:— | |||||||||
(a) Additional means of ventilation provided | — | 1 | — | 1 | 11 | — | 6 | 17 | 18 |
(b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | 4 | 92 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 108 |
(c) Yards, floors, roofs, &c., repaired | — | 46 | 1 | 47 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 50 |
(d) Sanitary conveniences; defects remedied | 5 | 18 | 1 | 24 | 16 | — | 10 | 26 | 50 |
(e) Dustbins provided or repaired | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | 7 | 8 |
(f) Miscellaneous defects remedied | — | 13 | — | 13 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 16 |
16. Nuisances reported to Medical Officer of Health | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 3 | - | 2 | 5 | 23 |
17. Workroom cards distributed; Number of | 24 | — | 12 | 36 | 139 | — | 12 | 151 | 187 |