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

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Finsbury 1902

Report on the public health of 1902

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185
Inspection, Registration, etc.
Nos. for 1902.
Workshops on Register at end of 1901 987
Workshops placed on Register during 1902 378
Total Workshops now on Register 1365
Total Rooms in Workshops registered in 1902 683
Factories and Workshops inspected 709
Do. visited re infectious diseases 149
Do. re-visits 1090
Outworkers Homes, visits to 81
Total 2029
Home Office Certificates—
Notices received re existence of workshops
(Sect. 127, Sub-sect 3) 87
Complaints (Sect. 5) as to dirty workshops and
sanitary convenience accommodation 21
Complaints remedied 21
Notices sent to Home Office Inspectors 50
Workshops without Abstract (Sect. 133) 32
Domestic Workshops (Home Office Memo., March,
1902) 10
Factories—Overcrowded, no Abstract, etc 8
VI. Legal Action.—During the year 1902 we have issued 371
intimation notices respecting factories and workshops and 41 statutory
notices. In only one case was it necessary to issue a summons