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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
Holborn 1905
Report for the year 1905 of the Medical Officer of Health
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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) | 38 | ||||
| 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 ... Reports (of action being taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors. | 13 13 | |||
| Other | 1 | ||||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101) :— | |||||
| Certificates granted during the year | — | ||||
| In use at the end of 1905 | 27 | ||||
| Homework :— | Number of | ||||
| Lists of Outworkers (S. 107):— | Lists. | Outworkers. | |||
| Lists received | 125 | 848 | |||
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 134 | |||
| received from other Authorities | 208 | ||||
| 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 | 8 | — | |||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | — | — . | |||
| , Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1905 :— | |||||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Laundries 19 Bakehouses 33 Other 825 | ||||
| Total number of workshops on Register ...... | 877 | ||||
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