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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 1927
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1927
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2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. (5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 6 | 6 | – | – |
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Other nuisances | 8 | 8 | – | – |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Unsuitable or defective | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts :_ | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | – | – | – | – |
| Other offences | – | – | – | – |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories arid Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921.) | ||||
| Total | 30 | 30 | – | – |
3.—Home Work.
| Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises. Sees. 109, 110 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Number of Addresses of outworkers received from other Councils. | Number of Addresses of outworkers forwarded to other Councils. | Prosecutions. | No. of Inspections of Outworkers Premises. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (Sec. 109). | Prosecutions (Sec. 109, 110) | ||
| Lists. | Chelsea Outworkers. | |||||||||||
| 1926 | 23 | 23 | 45 | 404 | – | 105 | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| 1927 | 22 | 26 | 36 | 185 | – | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.