Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1907 including annual report on factories and workshops
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Summary of Defaults and Defects in Factories, Work-shops and Workplaces for which Notices were served during 1907.
Damp and dilapidated workshops, &c. | 39 | 4 | 2 | 45 |
Dirty staircases, &c. | 20 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
Overcrowded workshops | 5 | — | — | 5 |
Insufficient ventilation | 21 | — | — | 21 |
Fumes from gas stoves, &c. | 11 | — | — | 11 |
Drainage of floors | 7 | — | — | 7 |
No water supply | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Sanitary conveniences, cleansed | 112 | 98 | 24 | 234 |
Sanitary conveniences, defects remedied | 112 | 95 | 14 | 221 |
No sanitary convenience | 3 | — | 2 | 5 |
Insufficient sanitary convenience accommodation | 9 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
Improper use of sanitary conveniences by two sexes | 8 | 3 | — | 11 |
Defective soil pipes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Yaids cleansed, paved, or paving repaired | 25 | 3 | 5 | 33 |
Defective sinks and gullies | 41 | 27 | 3 | 71 |
Water-cisterns dirty and defective | 15 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
Accumulations of refuse | 7 | 4 | 13 | |
Dustbins defective or absent | 74 | 14 | 90 | |
Drainage defective | 17 | 13 | 13 | 43 |
Rain-water pipes defective, &c. | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
Areas undrained | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Stables in need of limewashing | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
Stable paving or drainage defective | 1 | — | 5 | 6 |
Totals | 686 | 282 | 96 | 1064 |