Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 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 Work shop Act, 1901, and the Public Health (London) Act, 1891:—
Home Office Certificates, &c. | ||
Notices received re existence of workshops (Sec 127, Sub-Sec. 3) | 89 | |
Complaint Notices (Sec. 51 | 25 | |
Limewasliing needed | 9 | |
Sanitary conveniences | 10 | |
Dampness, refuse, &c. | 4 | |
Insufficient ventilation | 3 | |
Total defaults &c. | 26 | |
Notices sent to Home Office Inspectors | 103 | |
Factories- | ||
No abstract of Act, &c. | 3 | |
Workshop converted into factory | 1 | |
Fumes from gas engines, stoves, &c. | 3 | |
Lack of means for heating | 3 | |
Overcrowding | 1 | |
Limewashing needed | 3 | |
Drainage of floors | 1 | |
Dangerous machinery | 2 | |
Insufficient ventilation | 9 | |
Dampness | 1 | |
Total defaults, &c. | 27 | |
Workshops- | ||
No abstract of Act, &c. | 55 | |
Lack of means for heating, &c. | 6 | |
Illegal employment (Sec. 116) | 1 | |
Domestic workshops | 17 | |
Total defaults, &c. | 79 | 106 |