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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 1903
Annual report for 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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MATTERS DEALT WITH.
| PARTICULARS. | NUMBER OF DEFECTS. | Notices Issued. | Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fotind. | Notified by Home Office. | Remedied. | Notified to Home Office. | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 20 | — | 20 | — | 20 | — | |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Want of Air Space: Overcrowding | 4 | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | |
| Sanitary Accommodation (s. 38). | Insufficient | 1 | _ | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Unsuitable | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Not Separate for Sexes | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 3 | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | |
| Other Nuisances | 8 | — | 8 | — | 8 | — | |
| Occupying Underground Bakehouse without Certificate | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Failure as regards Lists of Outworkers (s. 107) | — | — | — | _ | — | — | |
| Giving out work Unwholes'me to be done in 1 (s. 108) premises which Infected | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| are (s. 110) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in Premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Small Pox (s. 109) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Other Contraventions | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 38 | — | 38 | — | 38 | — | |
| Abstract not affixed | 22 |
| As to action taken in cases notified by H.M. Inspector | 4 |
| Other cases | — |
| Number of Underground Bakehouses in use at the end of 1903 | 34 |
| Certificates granted (S. 101) | 32 |
| Number of Workshop rooms measured | 56 |