Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1932
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2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of offences respect towhich Prosecutionwere instituted.(5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector.(4) | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation:— | ||||
| Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 2 | — | — | |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of under ground 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 | 13 | 13 | — | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and \Vofks
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
3.—Home Work.
| Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in UnwholesomePremises, Section 108. | OutworksInfectedpremissesSecs. 109 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Number of Addresses of outworkers received from other Councils. | Number of Addresses of outworkersforwarded to other Councils. | Prosecutions. | No. of Inspections ofOutworkers Premises. | ||||||||
| Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions | Instances. | Order made.(Sec. 109) | Order made.(Sec. 109-110) | |||||||
| Lists. | ChelseaOutworkers. | |||||||||||
| 1931 | 15 | 12 | 26 | 155 | _ | 65 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 1932 | 17 | 12 | 34 | 159 | _ | 56 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |