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London County Council 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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APPENDIX I.
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Table: TABLE SHOWING PROCEEDINGS OF LONDON SANITARY AUTHORITIES UNDER THE FACTORY AND "WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.

TABLE SHOWING PROCEEDINGS OF LONDON SANITARY AUTHORITIES UNDER THE FACTORY AND "WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.

Premises, Particulars, Class, &c.City of London.Battersea.Bermondsey.Bethnal Green.Camberwell.Chelsea.Deptford.Finsbury.Fulham.Greenwich.Hackney.Hammersmith.Hampstead.Holborn.Islington.Kensington.Lambeth.Lewisham.Paddington.Poplar.St. Marylebone.St. Panoras.Shoreditch.Southwark.Stepney.Stoke Newington.Wandsworth.City of Westminster.Woolwich.
1. Inspections.
Factories(including factory laundries)4,32957921826132131481,1901328728904103148460140108713083331222981241143770823780
Workshops (including workshop laundries)5,5471,3141323,5682,4148753791,9324703522,0581,6149227461,7722,3784001,4902,3138173,7881,0162,8629925,1081723,0594,246322
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises)1,1221,716164881700¡ªa283320a34253a¡ªa7042,1902,4868382441331640a1,5239522365583,629231a16a1,8754,30483
Total (Inspections)10,9983.6095144,7103,435878a8103,442a944492a2,086a3,2223,2153,3803,0702,7624231,8932,483a2,4234,7731,3743,7184,7455,453a225a5,6468,789485
2. DefectsFound. Nuisances under the public health acts.
Want of cleanliness1,0805138415461216722563881207593654651556414618506116641937266271621980765
Want of ventilation7941376231-24218621311--46213379-925718
Overcrowding1611255_132_13-361812125528¡ª71248-34410
Want of drainage of floors-2445--11¡ª11243-507-1--1-¡ª752-31-
Other nuisances1,503711284264736181587¡ª3696173518139943226475175¡ª4528753161625375441
Sanitary accommodationInsufficient3210475-318211222915_____2--75162441089-
481153437521464016-2055637115410441017
Unsuitable3,16687520335-77247151662-3154
Not separate for sexes914¡ª¡ª1--40¡ª¡ª1-973-1258229¡ª3373
Offences under the Factory & Workshop Act. Illegal occupation of underground bake house (s. 101)-_-1----¡ª---1-¡ª2¡ª¡ª¡ª--¡ª¡ª--1¡ª¡ª--
Breach of special sanitary requirementsfor bakehouses (ss. 97-100)-32318-7-¡ö %453-95--¡ª37-40¡ª-832¡ª-4413-
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork)2--5---86------¡ª--¡ª--3--¡ª¡ª---
Total (defects found)5,9692621841,118144664301,258842173364181752281,4033634562814768761761223221,70861,288746142,429154
3. Homework.
Outworkers' Lists (s. 107). Number of Lists.1,44076861781485671246262440656128128260110287011614012042881463224712426452
Received twice in the year from employersOutworkers. corresponding theretoContractor2,8824812-6227716456816533701011783021178-169124617674--526,708¡ª
Workmen13,5423327703,3181,7394865064,700784,575882346035,2028903041715012,7491,42681,2391,1784,5313713901,066
Number of lists75810122125612559126713818281695119161318-6753
Received once in the year from employersOutworkers, corresponding theretoContractors744--81-38-57-6394---3-88-----1 1,107¡ª
Workmen341318615595413525462222132422065171492130136182578097-1086
Number of addresses of outworkers received from other Councils6863343,3511336632403,5072842,9323069642972, 1002,7551,13569640855067
Number of addresses of outworkers forwarded to other Councils16,4051601,82259033189 |2,4771181,2197882513541,6351,3488511692513,357171
ProsecutionsFailing to keep lists or permit inspection thereof¡ª----i--------¡ª"¡ª--¡ª ---------¡ª-«¡ª
Failing to send lists-_----__¡ª-1-¡ª-¡ª11---------_¡ª_-
Outworkers rremises. Number of inspections of outworkers' permises-6103,4871,2021121945852903201,853128¡ª1701,633152133--1,41022,7356774,443-404975405
Outwork in unwhole-80ID6 premises (s. 108)Instances_1 510141___1657205¡ª¡ª1392-16----107-698-2732324
Notices served¡ª5101-13¡ª¡ª¡ª1654525--752-16----107-698-2965724
Prosecutions____-¡ª¡ª¡ª-----¡ö ¡ª¡ª-------1-
Outwork in infected premises (ss. 109, 110)Instances------46-_¡ª-¡ª-47912-¡ª17---1247-1555-
Orders made (s. 110)__---_--¡ª¡ª-¡ª¡ª-¡ª----------¡ª---
Prosecutions (ss. 109, 110)--¡ª--------¡ª-----------¡ª-----
4. Workshops. Workshops on the Rfgister at the end of 1911.i
Bakehouse(c)2874769216737060706127613432249932148960897617570107175241288536
Laundries3 3,80248402,121572291,9004322981,009712106168112661,381293,010742763271881443414
' Other workshops4426531,679d667194e357195d944d4171,1302,0901,445885d821801ad1,6861,1092,951d3,1361,4182,729149e
Total (number of workshops on the Register)3,8305647692,2131,903c7222731,960e470278d1,0691,070d4581,1742,4451,706.1,211 d9751,4419193,086d1,9351,206 :3,121d3,3382121,6902,848199e
5. Other Matters. Matters notified to H. M. Inspector ofFactories.¡ö
Failure to affix abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133)11328-2024-2066¡ª1560-351316847-24462329--867628911
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts but not un- der the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5). )Notified by H.M.382-5010834531311412619179323525182934168-51001
Inspector Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector38--5338445313114l26151693175181898132-51001
Other37--411_2050--__337----3-4_21362_9-
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101). Certificates granted during 1911-------_---------_-----------
In use at the rnd of 19112231-26662823344916523221219475722055256813240405919466915

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(a) Excluding inspections of restaurant kitchens, etc. (b) Including defects in homeworkers premises.
(c) Including bakehouses not in use during the year.
(d ) Includes workplaces other than places where food is prepared.
(e) Including workplaces.