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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 1930
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1930
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2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which pro- secutions were instituted | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 13 | 13 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation :— | ||||
| Insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | — | — | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 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 | 29 | 29 | — | — |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
3.—Home Work.
| Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. | outwork is infected Premisess Secs. 102 ??? | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Olders made (Sec-109). | ??? | |||||||
| Lists. | Chelsea Outworkers. | |||||||||||
| 1929 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 193 | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 167 | — | 127 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |