London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Battersea 1905
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905
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3.—Other Matters.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:—
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 54 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | |
| In use during 1904 | 33 |
| Certificates granted:— | |
| In 1904 | 4 |
| In 1905 | — |
| In use at the end of 1905 | 32 |
| Homework:—Lists of Outworkers (s. 107)— | |
| Lists received | 76 |
| No. of outworkers to which lists referred | 469 |
| Addresses of outworkers forwarded to other Authorities | 64 |
| Addresses of outworkers received from other Authorities | 240 |
| Homework in unwholesome or infected premises:— | |
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (s. 108) — | — |
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises — | 4 |
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (s. 110) — | - |