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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
Fulham 1914
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1914
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4.— Registered Workshops.
| Class. | Number. |
|---|---|
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year:— | |
| Bakehouses | 73 |
| Laundries | 41 |
| Dressmakers, Milliners, Blousemakers | 71 |
| Tailors, Outfitters, etc. | 22 |
| Bootmakers | 38 |
| Motor and Cycle Makers | 28 |
| Cabinet Makers, etc. | 21 |
| Other Trades | 120 |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 414 |
5.—Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. |
|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | |
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act, (s. 133) | _ |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5):— | |
| Notified by H.M. Inspector | 5 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | — |
| Other | — |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | - |
| Certificates granted during the year | — |
| In use at the end of the year | 48 |
| Number of houses inspected. | Number of houses unfit for habitation. | Number of representations. | Number of Closing Orders. | Number of houses in which defects were remedied without Closing Orders. | Number of houses in which defects were remedied after Closing Orders. | Number of houses demolished. | Number of houses in which repairs were not completed on Dec. 31st, 1914. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140 | — | — | — | 115 | — | — | 25 |
Demolition Orders were made by the Council in
respect of 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, Hatfield Street, which
had been closed under Section 17 of the Housing, Town
Planning Act, 1909, and had not been rendered fit for
human habitation.