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 1910
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. (1) | Number (2) |
|---|---|
| Matters notified to H. M. Inspector of Factories:— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s.133) | 52 |
| Action taken in matters referred by H. M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshops Act (s. 5) | |
| Notified by H. M. Inspector | 48 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H. M. Inspector | 48 |
| Other | 45 |
| Underground Bakehouses (s.101):— | |
| Certificates granted during the year | — |
| In use at the end of the year | 36 |
PROSECUTIONS.
| Date. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 26th | Governors of Northampton Institute | Permitting black smoke to issue from the boiler chimney shaft at Northampton Institute | Fined £3 and 2s. costs |
| Aug. 2nd | Pettit Robert Benja-min, 400, Caledonian Road | Keeping swine at a mews in 7, River Street, in such a manner as to be a nuisance (A mews in which cabwashers are in attendance, is a workplace) | Fined £2 and 2s. costs |
Outworkers and Homeworkers—The names and addresses
of 475 homeworkers—31 males and 444 females—were obtained
from employers in 1910. Many of these addresses, a little over
one third of the whole, were incorrect. Some of the addresses
were correct but the names inaccurate. This was accounted for
in the following way—sometimes a homeworker had married but