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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| Index Number. | Nature of Premises. | • Description of Room. | Number of Occupants and Space. | Gas, Oil, or Electric Light, in use at time of test. | Date, Time, and Position of Test. | Volume of C02 per 10,000. | Means of Ventilation in in actual use at time of test. | Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position, Process, &c. | Cubic Capacity, in feet. | Height. | Number present. | Space per person. | Date and Time. | Where Sampled. | Inside Room. | Outside Air. | |||||
| 19 | Restaurant | Basement kitchen, Cooking in progress | 6048 | 8 ft. | 4 | 1512 | 2 gas jets, gas oven | 11 a.m., June 3rd | Back part of premises, 1 ft. below joists | 20 | 3.5 | All ventilators open, gratings at side; windows under stall-board in front open. Flue of gas oven open to room. | |
| Ditto | Ditto | 6048 | 8 ft. | 4 | 1512 | Ditto | Ditto | Centre of room at breathing level | 18 | 3.5 | Ditto | ||
| Ditto | Ditto | 6048 | 8 ft. | 4 | I512 | Ditto | Ditto | Bench at side of room, best position | 12 | 3.5 | Ditto | ||
| Ditto | Ditto | 6048 | 8 ft. | 4 | 1512 | 3 gas jets, 3 large gas rings, 1 gas oven, 2 rings at top | 10.30 a.m., Dec. 12th | Centre of room, breathing level | 11 | 5 | All ventilators open, as above | First visit to this kitchen was made on a warm day in June, the second on a cold day in December. The lower reading in December was probably due to the greater discrepancy between the temperature of the kitchen and the temperature outside, which would promote a more rapid interchange of air. | |
| Ditto | Ditto | 6048 | 8 ft. | 4 | 1512 | Ditto | Ditto | Centre, near gas stove, 1 foot below joists | 14 | 5 | Ditto | ||
| 21 | Restaurant | Underground kitchen | 6440 | 10 ft. | 2 | 3220 | 1 gas jet | 11.30 a.m., June 3rd | Body of room | 8 | 3.5 | Large window open, small hoist, 1 pane in front, 5 perforated zinc frames in rear, open staircase | • Cubic space small, but ventilation good. |
| 22 | Restaurant | Ground floor, at back. Cooking in progress | 1680 | 7 ft. 6 in. | 4 | 420 | Gas stove, 3 dishes gasheated in centre | 11.45 a.m., June 3rd | Left - hand side of room | 8 | 3.5 | Large window opening to rear, a door to shop front, 4 ventilators in ceiling, open chimney over gas stove | |
| 2 3 | Restaurant | Underground kitchen | 3037 | 7 ft. 6 in. | 6 | 506 | Electric light, 2 large gas rings top of gasstove and 1 gas jet | 11.55 a.m., June 3rd | Centre of room, between central draught openings | 11 | 3.5 | Grating whole width of front, grating side by stairs, 2 gratings in coal store in rear, small hoist | |
| Ditto | Ditto | 3037 | 7 ft. 6 in. | 6 | 506 | Ditto | Ditto | Rear right-hand corner, above gas ring | 11 | 3.5 | Ditto | ||