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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 1944
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1944
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2.—Defects found in Factories and Other Premises.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number 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 Acts:—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | _ | _ |
| Overcrowding | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Want of drainage of floors | - | - | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation:— | ||||
| Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 5 | 5 | — | _ |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 54) | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and oflences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921). | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Total | 24 | 24 | _ | — |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factories Act, 1937,
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
3.—H ome Work.
| Out worker list Section 110. | Out work in Unwholesome Premises Section 111. | Outwork in Inspected Premises. Secs 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 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |