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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
Hammersmith 1916
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1916
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2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prose-cutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 32 | 32 | ... | ... | |
| Want of Ventilation | 13 | 13 | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | |
| Other Nuisances | 56 | 51 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary Accommo-dation. | insufficient | 16 | 9 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 35 | 34 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 10l) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Breach of special Sanitary require-ments, for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 22 | 22 | ... | ... | |
| Other Offences (excluding offences relating to out-work, which are included in Part 3 of this report.) | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | |
| Total | 189 | 176 | ... | ... | |
3.—HOME WORK.
| Nature of Work. | Outworkers' List, Section 107. | Outwork in Un-wholesome pre- mises, Sec. 108. | Outwork in In-fected Premises, Sees. 109, no. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | Prosecutions. | |||||||||||||
| Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | Failing to keep or permit in-spection of Lists. | Failing to send Lists. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (Sec.101). | Prosecutions (Sees. 109, 110). | ||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
| Con-trac-tors. | Work-men. | Con-trac-tors. | Work-men. | ||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
| Wearing apparel— | |||||||||||||||
| (1) making, etc | 14 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 37 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| (2) cleaning and washing | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Furniture and upholstery | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 14 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 43 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... |