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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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75
Outworkers living in the City notified to the
Corporation 123
Outworkers notified by Corporation to outside
districts 3,334
Complaints—
From H.M. Factory Inspector 31
General 41
Total number of complaints 72
New workshops notified by H.M. Factory
Department 85
No Abstract of Act affixed, women and young
persons employed—cases notified to H.M.
Factory Inspector 44
Domestic workshops registered 4
Statutory Certificates for cleansing issued by
Medical Officer of Health 68
Cases referred to the City Solicitor 4
Summary of Sanitary Defects in Workshops remedied, 1904.
Workshop—
Walls and ceiling cleansed 245
Ventilated 97
Overcrowding abated 29
371
Drains—
Re-laid or amended 69
Ventilated 22
91
Urinals improved or renewed 18
Water supply improved 114
Refuse receptacles provided or improved 120
Water-closets—
Separate accommodation provided
for sexes 26
Additional provided for men 3
Additional provided for women 12
Arrangements improved—
Males 265
Females 124
389
Total improvements in relation to W.C's effected 430
General defects remedied 752
Total improvements of all kinds effected in
workshops during the year 1,896