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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 1942
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1942
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| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | N umber of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| (1) | (2) | 13) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 15 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | ||
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 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 Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921). | ||||
| Total | 24 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factories Act, 1937,
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | N umber of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| (1) | (2) | 13) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 15 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | ||
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 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 Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921). | ||||
| Total | 24 | — | — | |
| 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. | ||||||||
| Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (Sec. 109). | Prosecutions. (Sec. 109, 110). | |||||||
| Lists. | Chelsea Outworkers | |||||||||||
| 1937 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 122 | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1938 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 160 | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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. | ||||||||
| Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (Sec. 109). | Prosecutions. (Sec. 109, 110). | |||||||
| Lists. | Chelsea Outworkers | |||||||||||
| 1937 | 7 | 20 | 122 | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | 20 | 160 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||