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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| Particulars. | Number op Defects. | Notices Issued | Prosecutions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Notified by Home Office | Remedied | Notified to Home Office | ||||
| Matters under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | |||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 118 | 9 | 127 | — | 127 | — | |
| Want of Ventilation | 16 | 3 | 19 | — | 19 | — | |
| Want of Air Space: Over-crowding | — | _ | — | ||||
| Sanitary Accommo- dation. | Absent or insufficient | 22 | — | 22 | — | 22 | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 423 | 10 | 433 | — | 433 | — | |
| Not separate for Sexes | — | 11 | — | 11 | — | ||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | ||
| Other Nuisances | 380 | 4 | 384 | — | 384 | — | |
| Contraventions of Factory and Workshop Act,1901. | |||||||
| Illegal occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Failure as regards Lists of Outworkers (s. 107) | 86 | — | 86 | - | 41 | 45 | |
| Givingoutwork to be done in premises which are | Unwholesome (s. 108) | — | - | _ | _ | — | — |
| Infected (s. 110) | — | — | — | — | — | - | |
| Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in Premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Small-pox (s. 109) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Contraventions | 106 | — | — | 106 | — | - | |
| Totals | 1174 | 26 | 1094 | 106 | 1049 | 45 | |