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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
Marylebone 1896
The sanitary chronicles of the Parish of St. Marylebone being the annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1896
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1896.
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of workshops were found to have a greater number of
workers than allowed by the Statutes, but on a
representation made to the employer the numbers have
been at once diminished.
Forty-seven of the workrooms out of the 125 are lit by
electricity. It is to be hoped that this method of lighting
workshops will be extended, for the legal limit of 250 cubic
feet of air space per head is so small that it is difficult to
to keep the air of a gas-lit room free from being absolutely
injurious by any kind of ventilation.
Deficient lavatory accommodation is a frequent and
just cause of complaint. In some of the older establishments
this has been found difficult to remedy, the more
particularly because of an ill-advised bye-law sanctioned by
the London County Council, which only permits of new
water closets being erected under stringent regulations ;
regulations impossible to comply with in a large number of
instances.
The following is a tabular statement of certain matters which can be numerically expressed. Much of the work done does not admit of tabulation :—
| 1895. | 1896. | |
|---|---|---|
| Visits to Outworkers ... | 251 | 476 |
| Ascertaining by Measurement the cubic space of Workrooms, recording same in Register, and issuing cards stating maximum number of workers in each Workroom | 172 | 193 |
| Investigating in detail the ventilation of Workrooms | 40 | 263 |
| Inspection of new places of Business, and reporting on the same | 26 | 10 |
| Inspection of the 126 Bakehouses in the Parish | 254 | 228 |
| Attending to complaints of Smoke, the complaints in number being ... | 2b | 26 |