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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 1939

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1939

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Table: 2. Deffects found in Factories and Other Premises.

2. Deffects found in Factories and Other Premises.

Particulars. (1)Number of Defects.N umber 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 Arts.
Want of cleanliness66——
Want of ventilation22——
Overcrowding-———
Want of drainage of doors————
Other nuisances//——
Sanitary accommodation :—
Insufficient--——
Unsuitable or defective//——
Not separate for sexes--——
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts :—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 54)————
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).
Total1010——
Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factories Act, 1937, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.

Table: 3.—Home Work.

3.—Home Work.

Outworkers' Lists, Section 110.Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 111.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.
Lists.Chelsea OutworkersInstances.Notices served.Prosecutions.Instances.Orders made (Sec. 109).Prosecutions. (Sec. 109, 110).
193713720122-30------
193813920160-33------
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