London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Finsbury 1923

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1923

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The Home Office.—Seventy-six notices of occupation
were received from the Home Office during the year, and 43
notices of complaint relating to the following matters:—
Premises dirty 5
Sanitary conveniences insanitary 26
Absence of separate accommodation for the sexes 2
Water closet accommodation insufficient 5
Water closet accommodation not provided 1
Yard surfaces insufficiently drained 1
Absence of proper water-closet door fastenings 3
The notices sent to the Home Office were as follows:—
Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act not
affixed, or wrongly affixed 64
New occupation 53
The following matters are presented in the form required
by the Home Office:—
Inspection of Factories. Workshops and Workplaces.
Premises.
Inspections.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory
Laundries)
2,673
145

Workshops (Including Workshop
Laundries)
2,960
151

Workplaces (other than Outworkers
premises included in
Part 3 of this Report)
853
45

Total
6,486
341