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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The following table is a record of the communications between this Department and the Home Office, under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and the Public Health (London) Act, 1891:—
Home Office Certificates, &c.— | ||
---|---|---|
Notices received re existence of workshops (Sec. 127, Sub-Sec. 3) | ... | 110 |
Complaint Notices (Sec. 5) | ... | 25 |
Lime washing needed | 9 | |
Sanitary conveniences | 13 | |
Overcrowding | 1 | |
Insufficient ventilation | 2 | |
Total defaults, &c. | 25 | |
Notices sent to Home Office Inspectors | 106 | |
No abstract of Act, &c. | 19 | |
Lack of means for heating | 1 | |
Lime washing needed | 10 | |
Drainage of floor | 1 | |
Dangerous machinery | 1 | |
Insufficient ventilation | 3 | |
Dangerous trade (Sec. 75) | 1 | |
Total defaults, &c. | 36 | |
No abstract of Act, &c. | 63 | |
Lack of means for heating | 5 | |
Illegal employment (Sec. 24) | 1 | |
Domestic workshops | 3 | |
Total defaults, &c. | 72 | 108 |