London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Finsbury 1908
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1908 including annual report on factories and workshops
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| Home Office Certificates, &c.— | ||
| Notices received re existence of workshops (Sec. 127, Sub-Sec. 3) | 165 | |
| Complaint Notices (Sec. 5) | 28 | |
| Limewashing needed | 4 | |
| Sanitary conveniences | 22 | |
| Accumulation of refuse | 1 | |
| Water supply | 1 | |
| Insufficient ventilation | 4 | |
| Total defaults, &c. | 32 | |
| Notices sent to Home Office Inspectors | ... | 86 |
| Re Factories— | ||
| No abstract of Act, &c. | 18 | |
| Domestic factories | 4 | |
| Limewashing needed | 12 | |
| Exits in case of fire | 1 | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | |
| Dangerous machinery | 2 | |
| Insufficient ventilation | 4 | |
| Complaints forwarded | 3 | |
| Total defaults, &c. | 45 | |
| Re Workshops— | ||
| No abstract of Act, &c | 37 | |
| Lack of means for heating | 10 | |
| Domestic workshop | 1 | |
| Total defaults, &c. | 48 | 93 |