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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
Islington 1915
Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1915
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ADMINISTRATION.
In accordance with the Factory and Workshops Act, the Medical Officer
of Health, herewith, submits his annual report on the work carried out by the
Workshops' Inspectors during the year 1915.
Inspections and Visits.—The inspections and visits made by the Inspectors were as under:—
| Factories, including Factory Laundries | 334 |
| Workshops, including Workshop Laundries | 1,626 |
| Workplaces, other than outworkers' homes | 173 |
| Bakehouses | 236 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 260 |
| Outworkers' premises | 1,542 |
| Miscellaneous re-inspections and calls | 3,813 |
| Total | 7,984 |
Notices served.—In consequence of the 438 sanitary defects discovered as
the result of the inspections above; 98 intimations and 1 statutory notice were
served. Of these notices 17 were served on the owners of factories, 31 on
the owners of workshops, and 27 on the owners of restaurant kitchens. In
addition to these nuisances, 182 were discovered on Outworkers' premises,
necessitating the service of 34 notices.
Registers.—There were 5,984 workshops on the Register, as contrasted with
5,246 in 1914, while the total number of workrooms was 7,031 as contrasted
with 6,293 in the previous year. 1,351 workshops were added to the Register
while 613 were removed from it.
The various workshops and workplaces are tabulated as below:—
| Workshops and Workplaces. | 1914. | 1915. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshops on Register. | Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. | Total number of Workshops on Register. | Total Number of Workrooms on Register. | |
| *Workshops where Men are employed | 512 | 729 | .. | .. | 512 | 729 |
| Workshops where Women are employed | 814 | 1,322 | 168 | 132 | 850 | 1,338 |
| Laundries | 87 | 170 | .. | 10 | 77 | 180 |
| Bakehouses | 236 | 246 | .. | .. | 236 | 246 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 660 | 889 | 11 | 38 | 633 | 862 |
| Outworkers' Premises | 2,937 | 2,937 | 1,172 | 433 | 3,676 | 3,676 |
| Total | 5,246 | 6,293 | 1,351 | 613 | 5,984 | 7,031 |
* Owing to the serious illness of the male workshops' inspector, Mr. G. West, the number of
workshops where men are employed was not recorded during the year 1915.