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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
Holborn 1904
Report for the year 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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3.—Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— | |||||||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 48 | ||||||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (S. 5) | Notified by H.M Inspector | 7 | |||||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors. | — | ||||||
| Other | — | ||||||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | |||||||
| In use during 1903 | 32 | ||||||
| Certificates granted | in 1903 | 7 | |||||
| in 1904 | 20 | ||||||
| In use at the end of 1904 | 27 | ||||||
| Homework:— | Number of | ||||||
| Lists of Outworkers (S. 107):— | Lists. | Outworkers. | |||||
| Lists received | 116 | 739 | |||||
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 119 | |||||
| received from other Authorities | 68 | ||||||
| Homework in unwholesome or infected Premises:— | Wearing Apparel. | Other. | |||||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | — | — | |||||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | — | — | |||||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | — | — | |||||
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1904:— | |||||||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Laundries | 19 | |||||
| Bakehouses | 33 | ||||||
| Other | 746 | ||||||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 798 | ||||||