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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
Lambeth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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3. Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 36 | ||
| Action taken in matters referredby H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (S. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 35 | |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 35 | ||
| Other | .. | ||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101) :— | |||
| In use during 1906 | 72 | ||
| Certificates granted | in 1906 | ... | |
| in 1907 | ... | ||
| In use at end of 1907 | 72 | ||
| Number of | |||
| Homework :— | Lists. | Outworkers. | |
| Lists received | 45 | 360 | |
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 73 | 235 |
| received from other Authorities | 225 | 861 | |
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | ||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | ... | ... | |
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | 9 | ... | |
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | ... | ... | |
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1907 :— | |||
| Bakehouses | Underground | 72 | |
| Above ground | 135 | ||
| Restaurants | 243 | ||
| Other Workshops | 1437 | ||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1887 | ||