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
City of Westminster 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Statutory notices were issued in 35 instances; four prosecutions
took place in connection with premises in which work was carried on
two being workplaces as shown above, under the heading of " House
Inspection."
Inspection.
| Premises. | Number of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Defects Found. | Intimation Notices. | Statutory Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including factory laundries) | 237 | 78 | 20 | — | — |
| Workshops (Including workshop laundries) | 4,246 | 1,055 | 588 | 35 | 2 |
| Workplaces (Including restaurant kitchens, &c.) | 4,304 | 396 | 380 | 24 | 2 |
| Total | 8,787 | 2,429 | 988 | 59 | 4 |
In addition, 68 re-inspection visits were paid to factories and 3,346
to workshops and to other workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| * Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 807 | 807 | 2 |
| Want of ventilation | 176 | 176 | — |
| Want of ventilation of gas stoves | 81 | 81 | — |
| Overcrowding | 44 | 44 | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 31 | 31 | — |
| Other defects | 754 | 754 | 1 |
| Sanitary accommodation— | |||
| Insufficient | 89 | 89 | — |
| Unsuitable | 72 | 72 | — |
| Defective | 338 | 338 | 1 |
| Not separate for sexes | 37 | 37 | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (Sec. 101) | — | — | — |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (Sees. 97 to 100). | — | — | — |
| Other offences | — | — | —— |
| Total | 2,429 | 2,429 | 4 |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. The prosecutions covered a number of
defects.