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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
Hammersmith 1905
Sixth annual report year ended 31st March 1906
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| Class. | Number. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories :— | Nil | |||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | Nil | |||
| 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 | 18 | ||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 18 | |||
| Other | 7 | |||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101) :— | ||||
| In use at the end of year 1905 | 38 | |||
| Homework :— | Number of | |||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | |||
| 85 | 189 | |||
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 50 | ||
| received from other Authorities | 139 | |||
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | |||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | Nil | Nil | ||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in home-workers' premises | Nil | Nil | ||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | Nil | Nil | ||
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1905 :— | ||||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses,-may be enumerated here | bakehouses | 58 | ||
| others | 845 | |||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 903 | |||
*The Lists should be received twice in the year. The year's figures required in the Table
are then obtained by adding together the two half-yearly totals.