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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Abstracts.
Reports were made to the Factory Inspector of 121 instances for
failure to display the appropriate abstracts of the Factories Act, 1937.
| Factories. Power. | Factories. Non-Power | Workplaces. Shops &c. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | 21 | 24 | 41 |
| Factories Act, 1937 | 28 | 39 | — |
| London County Council (Drainage) Bylaws, 1934 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| London County Council (Water-closet) Bylaws, 1930 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Shops Act, 1934 | — | — | 2 |
| 53 | 66 | 53 | |
| Total | 172 | ||
| Dirty, defective internally | 11 | 36 | 37 |
| Dampness | — | 1 | 2 |
| Drainage defective | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| Roofs, defective | — | 3 | 1 |
| Sanitary accommodation insufficient | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Sanitary accommodation, insufficient ventilation and light | 22 | 15 | 7 |
| Sanitary accommodation defective | 29 | 30 | 16 |
| Sanitary accommodation, direct approach | 11 | 6 | — |
| Sanitary accommodation not separate for sexes | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| Sanitary accommodation unsuitable | 2 | ||
| No indicating notices on doors of waterclosets | 26 | 14 | — |
| Overcrowding | — | 1 | — |
| Smells | — | — | 2 |
| Rubbish | 2 | 13 | 105 |
| Ventilation, want of | — | 13 | 11 |
| Failure to fix abstracts | 73 | 48 | — |
| Water supply insufficient | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Absence of washing accommodation | — | 2 | 1 |
| Temperature | — | 1 | — |