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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
Kensington 1905
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1905
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3.—Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— | |||||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 84 | ||||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (s. 5) 1 | Notified by H.M. Inspectors | 25 | |||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 19 | ||||
| Other | 5 | ||||
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | |||||
| Certificate granted during the year | 1 | ||||
| In use at the end of the year | 75 | ||||
| Homework:— | Number of | ||||
| List of Outworkers (s. 107):— | Lists. | Outworkers. | |||
| Lists received | 44 | 408 | |||
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 299 | |||
| received from other Authorities | 197 | ||||
| Homework in unwholesome or infected premises :— | Wearing Apparel; | Other. | |||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (s. 108) | — | — | |||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | 5 | — | |||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (s. 110) | — | — | |||
| Workshops on the Register (s. 181) at the end of the year | |||||
| Important classes of workshops. such as; workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Workshop Laundries | 227 | |||
| Workshop Bakehouses | 94 | ||||
| Factory Bakehouses | 2 | ||||
| Other Workshops | 1,289 | ||||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1,612 | ||||