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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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| Class. | Number. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— | ||||||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 44 | |||||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (S. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 31 | ||||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 31 | |||||
| Other | 4 | |||||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | ||||||
| In use during 1903 | 44 | |||||
| Certificates granted | in 1903 | 19 | ||||
| in 1904 | 8 | |||||
| In use at the end of 1904 | 27 | |||||
| Homework:— | Number of | |||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | |||||
| Lists received | 272 | 3,457 | ||||
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 3,334 | ||||
| received from other Authorities | 123 | |||||
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | |||||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | — | — | ||||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | — | — | ||||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | — | — | ||||
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1904. | ||||||
| Important classes of work shops, such as workshop nbakehouse, may be end merated here | Workshop Bakehouses (including two Factory Bakehouses) | 36 | ||||
| Other Workshops | 3,030 | |||||
| Total number or Workshops on Register | 3,066 | |||||
* The Lists should be received twice in the year. The years' figures required in the Table are then obtained by adding
together the two half-yearly totals.