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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 1905
Annual report for 1905 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) | 25 | |||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors asreme diable under the Public Health Acts, but not unde the Factory Act (sec. 5) | {Notified by H.M. Inspectors | 6 | ||
| { Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 6 | |||
| Other | — | |||
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||||
| Certificates granted during the year | — | |||
| In use at the end of the year | 34 | |||
| Number of | ||||
| Homework :— | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||
| Lists received | 58 | 517 | ||
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 380 | ||
| received from other Authorities | 57 | |||
| Wearing Apparel ; | Other. | |||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (s. 108) | — | — | ||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworker' premises | — | 1 | ||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (sec. 110) | — | — | ||
| Workshops on the Register (sec. 131) at the end of the year | —. | |||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Workshop Bakehouses | 43 | ||
| Laundries | 34 | |||
| Dressmaking and Millinery | 270 | |||
| Various | 164 | |||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 511 | |||
* The Lists should be received twice in the year. The year's figures required in the Table are those
obtained by adding together the two half-yearly totals.
Note.—The Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (s. 132), requires the Medical Officer of Health in his
Annual Report to the District Council to report specifically on the administration of that Act in workshops and
workplaces, and to send a copy of his Annual Report, or so much of it as deals with this subject, to the
Secretary of State (Home Office).