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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
Chelsea 1902
Annual report for 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT (1901) FOR THE YEAR 1902.
| Quarters. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st. | 2nd. | 3rd. | 4th. | Year. | |
| Number of Workshops registered | 295 | 30 | 38 | 52 | 415 |
| Number of Inspections made | 271 | 133 | 32 | 255 | 691 |
| Notices under P.H.L. Act served | 60 | 26 | 9 | 45 | 140 |
| 2 | — | — | — | 2 | |
| (b.) Cleansing | 30 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 66 |
| (c.) Ventilation | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| (d.) Water-closets and drains | 20 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 56 |
| (c.) Separate w.c.'s for the sexes | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 |
| (f.) Drainage of floors | — | 2 | — | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 37 | |
| Number of complaints received from H.M. Inspectors | — | — | — | — | — |
| Number of new Workshops notified by H.M. Inspectors | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Returns from firms in Chelsea employing Outworkers | — | — | — | — | 25 |
| — | — | — | — | 87 | |
| (b.) Number of Outworkers living in other Boroughs employed by Chelsea firms | — | — | — | — | 197 |
| (c.) Outworkers in Chelsea notified by other Boroughs | 29 | — | 6 | — | 35 |
| Number of Outworkers homes inspected | 39 | 50 | 7 | — | 96 |
| Number of notices served for cleansing | 8 | 6 | 1 | — | 15 |
| Number of notices given to stop work on account of infectious disease in homes | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Number of Outworkers premises notified to other Boroughs | 187 | — | — | — | 187 |
Water Supply.—During the year a daily examination of the water
drawn from the Chelsea Waterwork's main has been made at the Town
Hall, as regards its temperature and appearance in a 2-ft. tube. The
highest temperature attained during the year was only 69°F on the
10th, 16th and 17th July. In 1901 the temperature of the water was
70° or over on 6 days in July, in 1900 for 16 days in July and August,
and in 1899 for 31 days in these same months. This comparatively
low temperature of the water supplied in the mains in 1902 coincides,
as in 1901, with an unusually slight prevalence of summer diarrhœal
disease. The lowest temperature reached was 37° on several days about
the middle of February. At the end of December, 1902, the water
temperature was 460—unusually high for the period of the year. The
water was of good colour and practically free from any turbidity
throughout the entire year.