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
Battersea 1913
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1913
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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
The Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, imposes upon the
Council very important duties. Section 32 of the Act directs
that the Medical Officer of Health shall every year report
specifically on the administration of the Act in Workshops and
Workplaces in the district under his supervision, and transmit a
copy to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. In
this part of the Annual Report will be found everything which
has concerned the Health Department tn relation to factories,
workshops and workplaces. The only exceptions are restaurant
kitchens and milkshops, which are more appropriately included
in, the section of the Report dealing with the protection of the
food supply.
In the following table is shown a summary of the various premises in the Borough where work is done which are now registered in the Health Department:—
| Workshops and Workplaces | 1,104 |
| Factories | 205 |
| Bakehouses | 85 |
| Restaurant Kitchens, &c. | 104 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 188 |
| Home Workers | 262 |
| Stables | 548 |
Factories.
Factories include all places in which mechanical power is
used in aid of the manufacturing processes.