London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Chelsea 1914
Annual report for 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
in connection with
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
| premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 633 | 24 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | — | — | — |
| Total | 645 | 25 | 1 |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES.
| particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Want of cleanliness | 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 9 | 9 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| unsuitable or defec tive | — | — | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | |||||
| Total | 24 | 23 | 1 | 1 | |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act. 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.