Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1905 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Class. | Number. | ||||
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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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