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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
City of London 1909
Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909
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THIS TABLE WAS ISSUED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD BY REQUEST OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1 9 0 9.
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 8,938 | 264 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 5,166 | 887 | - |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | 744 | 359 | - |
| Total | 9,848 | 1,510 | - |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 899 | 734 | 21‡ | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 119 | 65 | 2‡ | — | |
| Overcrowding | 18 | 17 | - | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors ... | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 1,423 | 1,388 | 6‡ 2 | — | |
| insufficient | 42 | 30 | - | — | |
| †Sanitary accommodation | unsuitable or defective | 2,343 | 2,077 | - | — |
| not separate for sexes... | 46 | 41 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses(SS. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 4,891 | 4,353 | 32 | — | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public
Health Acts.
† For districts not in London state here whether Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been
adopted by the District Council ; and if so what standard of sufficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation for
persons employed in factories and workshops has been enforced.
‡ Defects in Factories.