London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1900
Report on the proceedings of the Public Health (Sanitary) Department of the Corporation of London during the year 1900
This page requires JavaScript
66
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The following are the particulars of defects
found in factories and workshops, and reported
to me by H. M. Inspectors; also the steps
taken by my department to effect improvement.
Forty-nine cases were thus notified in the
course of the year, compared with fifty-five in
1899, sixty-five in 1898, and thirty-four in 1897,
distributed as under:—
EAST DISTRICT.
Situation of Premises. Sanitary Improvements effected.
20, Aldgate Avenue w.c. re-constructed and ventilated,
sink cleansed.
12, „ „ w.c. and sink cleansed.
„ „ „ „ „
62, Leadenhall Street w.c. accommodation provided.
8, Aldgate High Street Workrooms cleansed and lime-
wasned.
7, Aldgate Avenue ... „ „ ,,
2, Hutchison Street ... „ „ „
3, ,, „ ,, „ „
37, Mansell Street Overcrowding abated, refuse
removed.