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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 1909
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops
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The following table shows in the prescribed form the matters referred to His Majesty's Inspector of Factories and information desired respecting underground bakehouses:—
| 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) | 18 |
| 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 | 47 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H. M. Inspector | 47 |
| Other | 16 |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | |
| Certificates granted during the year | — |
| In use at the end of the year | 36 |
During the year, a list of workshops and workplaces in the
Borough was got out, embracing those in which :
1. Women do heavy labour.
2. The sanitary conditions were, owing to dirty environment,
or to the dirty character of the work, not of a high
order.
3. The social condition of the workers was not all that might
be desired.
4. Sweating might possibly be rife, or in which the conditions
of work were onerous and the pay small.
5. There were interesting Clerkenwell survivals, as, for
example, clay pipe making.