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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
St Pancras 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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4.—R egistered Workshops.
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Important classes of Workshops, such as Workshop Bake- houses may be enumerated here. | Ordinary Workshops | 385 |
| Workshop Laundries | 74 | |
| Domestic Workshops | 69 | |
| Total number of Workshops on Register | 528 | |
Note.—The Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (S. 132). requires the Medical Officer of Health in
his Annual Report to the District Council to report specifically on the administration of that Act in
workshops and workplaces, and to send a copy of his Annual Report, or so much of it as deals with
this subject, to the Secretary of State (Home Office). If the Annual Report is presented otherwise
than in print, it is unnecessary to include in the copy sent to the Home Office the portions which do not
relate to factories, workshops, laundries, workplaces, or homework. The duties of Local Authorities
and the Medical Officer of Health under the Act of 1901 are detailed in the Home Office Memorandum
of December, 1904. A further Memorandum, on the Home Work Provisions of the Factory Act, was
issued to all District Councils and medical officers of Health in October, 1906.
5.—Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 2 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 3 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H M. Inspector | 3 | |
| Other | .. | |
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | .. | |
| In use at end of year | .. | |
FLORISTS AND THE FACTORY ACTS.
The Factory and Workshop Act of 1901, S. 149. applies the Act to any
premises in which any manual labour is exercised by way of trade, or for
purposes of gain in or incidental to any of the following purposes, namely:—
(1) The making of any article or part of any article.
(2) The altering, repairing, ornamenting or finishing of any article, or
(3) The adapting for sale of any article.
These provisions have lately not been applied to Florists' establishments,
for one of the stipendary magistrates decided that as flowers were a natural and
not a manufactured article, they did not come under the Act; this decision has
now been appealed against*, and it has been definitely laid down by the High
Court that the preparing of a natural article for sale is included in the
definitions of the Factory Acts.
• Hoare v. Green.