Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1914
Notices.—In respect to the above nuisances, 45 Intimation Notices were served, 9 in
connecticn with factories, nd 36 in connection with workrooms. In 2 cases it was necessary
to serve a Statutory Notice.
Workshop Cards.—The number of Workroom Cards distributed was 154. These cards
specifying the cubic capacity of each room, and the number of persons to be allowed in it
during ordinary working hours and during overtime.
Workshops notified to the Home Office.—In accordance with the requirements of the
Public Health (London) Act (Sec. 27), the addresses of 86 workshops employing women were
notified to the Home Office. These were premises whose occupiers had failed to send in any
notice of occupation to H.M. Inspector, or in which the abstracts of the Factory and Workshops
Acts was not affixed. Notices of 3 new factories were also forwarded to the Home
Office. 88 Notifications were received from the Home Office Inspector, 6 of these being for
nuisances in workshops or factories; 4 of which were found to have been remedied.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Mrs.) E. G. MOYNI HAN NYMAN,
Sanitary Inspector of Workshops.
Miss DANIELL'S REPORT.
Town Hall,
Upper Street, N.,
22nd May, 1915.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
I beg to submit to you a report of the work done in connection with Outworkers and
Restaurant Kitchens during the year ending December 31st, 1914.
Hotel and Restaurant Kitchens | 273 |
Outworkers' premises | 1,103 |
Domestic Workshops | 42 |
Re-inspections and calls | 2,444 |
3,862 |
Intimation notices | 51 |
Intimation courtesy notices | 11 |
Statutory notice | 1 |
Statutory courtesy notice | 1 |
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