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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
West Ham 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Of the total 8,730 births registered in the year 131 were
illegitimate, and of the total infant deaths 75 were illegitimate, so that
the infantile mortality among the illegitimate children was 572 per
1,000 births, while that among the legitimate children was only 117
per 1,000 births.
Factory and Workshops Act, 1901.—Section 132
provides that the Medical Officer of Health of every district council
shall, in his annual report to them, report specifically on the administration
of this Act in workshops and workplaces, and he shall send a
copy of his annual report, or so much of it as deals with this subject,
to the Secretary of State.
The following Tables are intended to cover the above
provision:—
1- INSPECTION.
Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 41 | 10 | |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 423 | 69 | |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | 12 | 2 | |
| Total | 476 | 81 | |