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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 1934
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1934
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2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Pro-secutions were instituted. (5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 10 | 10 | - | — |
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | - | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | - | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | - | — |
| Other nuisances | - | — | ||
| Sanitary accommodation:— | ||||
| Insufficient | 2 | 2 | - | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | — | — | - | — |
| 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 and Workshops Trans-fer of Powers) Order, 1921). | ||||
| Total | 25 | 25 | — | — |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshops
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
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 for-warded 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. | |||||||||||
| 1933 | 16 | 10 | 39 | 169 | — | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1934 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 160 | — | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - |