London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1909
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1909
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 94 | 20 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 3,313 | 357 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in part 3 of this Report) | 49 | — | — |
| Total | 3,456 | 377 | — |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 166 | 165 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 21 | 20 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 15 | 15 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 26 | 26 | — | _ | |
| Other Nuisances | 72 | 72 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accom-modation | insufficient | 20 | 20 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 96 | 96 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | — | — | |||
| Other Offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 432 | 430 | — | — | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public
Health Acts.