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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 1928
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1928
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2—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.—continued.
| 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) | ||
| Sanitary accommodation :— | ||||
| Insufficient | – | – | – | – |
| Unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| 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 and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921). | ||||
| Total | 12 | 12 | – | – |
3.—Home Work.
| Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises, Secs. 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. | ||||||||
| Lists. | Chelsea Outworkers. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (Sec. 109). | Prosecutions (Sec. 109, 110) | |||||
| 1927 | 22 | 26 | 36 | 185 | – | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1928 | 21 | 37 | 37 | 200 | – | 82 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
PUBLIC MORTUARY.
Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, section 88, every sanitary
authority must provide and fit up a proper place for the reception of
dead bodies before interment.