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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 1918
Sixty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1918]
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ADMINISTRATION.
In compliance with the requirement of 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 1918.
| Factories, including Factory Laundries | 952 |
| Workshops, including Workshop Laundries | 1,486 |
| Workplaces, other than outworkers' homes | 282 |
| Bakehouses | 714 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 288 |
| Outworkers' premises | 903 |
| Miscellaneous re-inspections and calls | 4,680 |
| Total | 9,305 |
Notices served.—In consequence of the 1,178 sanitary defects discovered
as the result of the above-mentioned inspections, 213 intimations and 27 statutory
notices were served. Of these notices 68 were served on the owners of factories,
148 on the owners of workshops, 24 on the owners of other work places. In
addition to these nuisances, 99 were discovered on Outworkers' premises,
necessitating the service of 46 notices.
Registers.—There were 1,887 workshops on the Register, as contrasted with
1,896 in 1917, while the total number of workrooms was 2,707, as contrasted
with 2,624 in the previous year. 106 workshops were added to the Register
while 115 were removed from it.
The various workshops and workplaces are tabulated as below:—
| Workshops and Workplaces. | 1917. | 1918. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Workshops where Women are employed | ||||||
| Laundries | ||||||
| Bakehouses | ||||||
| Restaurant Kitchens | ||||||
| Total | ||||||
| Outworkers' Premises | — | — | ||||