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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
City of London 1904
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1904
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The following is a summary of the work done annually since the passing
of the Act:—
Registered Workshops.
1901 745 Inspected and Registered during the year.
1902 481
1903 547
1904 1,293 „ „ „
3,066 Total for four years.
Kitchens of Restaurants, &c. (Workplaces).
1902 4(38 Inspected and Registered.
1903 357 „ „
1904 93 „ „
918 Total for three years.
Total Number of Workshops and Workplaces.
Inspected during 1904 1,386
„ during 1901-2-3-4 3,984
The sanitary defects more generally found at workshops and workplaces
may be classified under the following headings, viz.:—
Want of cleansing.
Insufficient ventilation.
Overcrowding.
The lack of separate and suitable W.C. accommodation for both sexes.
WORKSHOPS.
Details of Inspections, &c., 1904.
Inspections 948
Re-inspections 2,930
Workers employed—
Males 2,692
Females 3,416
Young persons—
Males 26
Females 9
Total workers employed 6,143
Notices served—
Intimation 528
Statutory 168
Total number of Notices served 696