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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
Hampstead 1904
Report for the year 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE V.—continued. 3.-Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 54 | ||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors, | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 1 | |
| as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (S. 5) | Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M Inspectors | 2 | |
| Other | 3 | ||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | |||
| In use during 1903 | 27 | ||
| Certificates granted | in 1903 | 11 | |
| 1904 | 12 | ||
| In use at the end of 1904 | 23 | ||
| Homework:— | Number of | ||
| List of Outworkers (S. 107):— | Lists. | Outworkers | |
| Lists received | 114 | 341 | |
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities received from other Authorities | 277 | |
| 14 | |||
| Homework in unwholesome or infected premises:— | Wearing Apparel. | Other. | |
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | .. | .. | |
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | .. | 1 | |
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | .. | .. | |
| Workshops on Register (S. 131) at the end of 1904:— | |||
| Workshop Laundries | 6 | ||
| Workshop Bakehouses | 36 | ||
| Other Workshops | 631 | ||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 673 | ||