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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
Islington 1903
Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1903
WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. MATTERS DEALT WITH.
| PARTICULARS. | Number of Defects. | Notices Issued. | Prosecutions. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Notified by Home Office. | Remedied | Notified to Home Office. | |||||
| Matters under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | ||||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 4121 | 11 | 423 | 9 | ... | ... | ||
| Want of Ventilation | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| Want of Air Space : Overcrowding | 13 | ... | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Sanitary Accommodation (s. 38). | Insufficient | 30 | ... | 30 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Unsuitable | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Not Separate for Sexes | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Other Nuisances | 547 | 2 | 549 | 2 | 410 | ... | ||
| Contraventions of Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. | ||||||||
| Occupying Underground Bakehouse without Certificate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Failure as regards Lists of Outworkers (s. 107) | None2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Giving out work to be donej in premises which are | Unwholesome (s. 108) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Infected (s. no) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in Premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Small Pox (s. 109) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Other Contraventions | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Total | 1026 | 14 | 1040 | 12 | 410 | 1 | ||
1. In addition 18 were cleansed voluntarily.
2 All sent in lists but 104 only after notice was sent them.