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The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.
REPORT
OF
THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
FOR THE YEAR 1902.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
197, HIGH HOLBORN, W.C.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Holborn.
Gentlemen,
In this Annual Report for the year 1902, the various statistics for the year refer to the
fifty-three weeks ending Saturday, January 3rd, 1903, as adopted by the Registrar-General, and
known as the registration year.
The Factory and Workshop Act of 1901, which came into force on the 1st January, 1902,
has much increased the work of the Public Health Department. Under this Act the Council is
made the Authority responsible for the sanitary condition of workshops and workplaces in the
Borough, while the Factory Inspector is responsible for the sanitary condition of factories,
although any sanitary defects reported by the Factory Inspector have to be attended to and
remedied under the supervision of this department. The Council is also responsible for the
provision of suitable and sufficient sanitary conveniences in factories as well as in workshops and
workplaces.
The Secretary of State for the Home Office has been advised that the word "workplace"
is not to be limited to a place where something is being manufactured or made but is of a very
wide signification and includes such premises as stables and stable yards, kitchens of
restaurants, &c.