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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

Chelsea 1932

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1932

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Table: 2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Particulars. (1)Number of Defects.Number of offences respect towhich Prosecutionwere instituted.(5)
Found. (2)Remedied. (3)Referred to H.M. Inspector.(4)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—*
Want of cleanliness22——
Want of ventilation33——
Overcrowding————
Want of drainage of floors————
Other nuisances66——
Sanitary accommodation:—
Insufficient————
Unsuitable or defective22——
Not separate for sexes————
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:—
Illegal occupation of under ground bakehouse (s. 101)_
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921).
Total1313—

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* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and \Vofks
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.

Table: 3.—Home Work.

3.—Home Work.

Outworkers' Lists, Section 107.Outwork in UnwholesomePremises, Section 108.OutworksInfectedpremissesSecs. 109
Lists received from Employers.Number of Addresses of outworkers received from other Councils.Number of Addresses of outworkersforwarded to other Councils.Prosecutions.No. of Inspections ofOutworkers Premises.
Instances.Notices served.ProsecutionsInstances.Order made.(Sec. 109)Order made.(Sec. 109-110)
Lists.ChelseaOutworkers.
1931151226155_65______
1932171234159_56______