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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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| FACTORIES. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total number of visits and revisits | 16 | |
| No. of Factories insiiected | 13 | |
| „ revisits | 3 | |
| „ complaints received (anon.) | 1 | |
| Reports to Home Ottice— | 5 | |
| Ventilation not maintained | 4 | |
| Machine generating dust | 1 | |
| Notice served (insufficient ventilation to w.c.) | 1 | |
| WORKSHOPS. | ||
| Total number of visits | 420 | |
| No. of inspections of workshops (including those of 98 outworkers) | 321 | |
| No. of revisits | 99 | |
| Workshops visited already on the register | 167 | |
| „ placed on | 61 | |
| „ removed from | 62 | |
| Workrooms inspected ... | 389 | |
| Reports to Home Office— | 55 | |
| No abstract | 33 | |
| Absence of proper means of heating | 3 | |
| Complaint of overcrowding outside the Borough | 1 | |
| Infringement of Particulars Clause | 1 | |
| Domestic workshops | 17 | |
| Dirty workshops cleansed | 20 | |
| Damp and dilapidated workshops repaired | 4 | |
| Overcrowded workshops | 4 | |
| Gas stoves, flues provided | 2 | |
| Sanitary conveniences cleansed | 13 | |
| „ „ defects remedied | 9 | |
| Insufficient sanitary convenience accommodation | 2 | |
| Unsuitable do. do. for two sexes | 2 | |
| Dustbins absent or defective | 8 | |
| Other nuisances | 3 | |
Out-workers and Home-workers.—The work in connection with
the above will be found under Section iii. of the Report on
Factories and Workshops, p. 163.
Measles.—Of the 561 cases of measles recorded during the year,
464 were investigated by the Lady Inspectors and arrangements
made for disinfection, the other cases being investigated by
Dr. Sandilands.