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 1905
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 |