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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

Finsbury 1904

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops

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Table: The following Table of women's factories illustrates this point (the average is somewhat over one sanitary convenience for every 15 persons) :—

The following Table of women's factories illustrates this point (the average is somewhat over one sanitary convenience for every 15 persons) :—

Factory.No. of Females Employed.No. of S.c.'s for Females.Average No. of Persons per S.C.
1 Beer-bottling100617
2 Laundry100425
3 Bookbinding132915
4 Shirt-making121815
5 Skirt-making90615
6 Cigars, &c.120620
7 Optical Works100520
8 Stationery70514
9 Box-making130719
10 Stationery96424
11 Underclothing2001020
12 Chocolate75711
13 Skirts, &c150917
14 Printing.120717
15 Cocoa130149
16 Bookbinding92423
17 Envelopes2001414
18 Collars2231219
19 Box-making86517
20 Printing80420
21 Drysalters90615
22 Cocoa130816
23 Stationery, &c4002715
24 Printing130168
25 Underclothing162820
26 Box-making3002413
27 Skirts140916
28 Underclothing1501114
29 Do.125816
30 Meat Extract100119
31 Millinery170724
32 Mantles2001811
33 Underclothing150189
34 Printers83517
35 Box-making85614
36 Stationers100617
37 Bookbinders100617
38 Shirts, &c2001217
39 Feathers90518

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The above facts are incorporated in this Report on account of the
importance of the whole subject. It is evident that some general
standard must be made. Under the Sanitary Act of 1866, Section 35,
the Local Authority were required to make regulations for tenement
houses, and they decided that not less than 1 for 20 was a suitable
standard for sanitary conveniences. Thus it came about that the
Local Authority decided that 1 for 20 was also suitable for factories
and workshops. (See also 26 J.P., p. 262, 1862.) The standard of