London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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City of London 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1898

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"(b) That no overcrowding, dangerous or
"injurious to the health of the persons
"employed therein is allowed, and that a
"notice specifying the number of persons
"who may be employed in each work room
"at any one time is fixed in a suitable
"position, and so as to be easily read;
"(c) That all workshops are kept free from
"effluvia arising from drains, closets,
"urinals, or other nuisances ;
"(d) That all workshops are regularly lime"washed,
cleansed, and purified;
"(e) That due written notice is forthwith given
"to the Factory Inspector of any child,
"young person, or woman employed in a
"workshop;
"(f) That no wearing apparel is to be made,
"cleaned, or repaired in any dwelling-house
"or building occupied in connection with
"any workshop, or any place from which
"any such work is given out, whilst any
"inmate of the dwelling-house is (within