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
Finsbury 1904
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops
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The following Table is a record of the communications between this Department and the Home Office under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and the Public Health (London) Act, 1891:—
| Home Office Certificates, &c.— | ||
| Notices received re existence of workshops (Sec. 127, Sub-Sec. 3) | 59 | |
| Complaint Notices (Sec. 5) | 19 | |
| Limewashing needed | 9 | |
| Sanitary conveniences | 6 | |
| Overcrowding | 2 | |
| Insufficient ventilation | 2 | |
| Total defaults, &c. | 19 | |
| Notices sent to Home Office Inspectors | ... | 115 |
| Factories— | ||
| No abstract of Act, &c. | 18 | |
| Workshops converted into factories | 7 | |
| Fumes from gas engines, stoves, &c. | 6 | |
| Lack of means for heating | 3 | |
| Illegal employment | 3 | |
| Limewashing needed | 3 | |
| Drainage of floors | 2 | |
| Dangerous machinery | 1 | |
| Insufficient ventilation | 1 | |
| Domestic factory | 1 | |
| Total defaults, &c. | 45 | |
| Workshops— | ||
| No abstract of Act, &c. | 67 | |
| Lack of means for heating, &c | 6 | |
| Illegal employment | 1 | |
| Domestic workshop | 1 | |
| Total defaults, &c. | 75 | 120 |