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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
Fulham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! Found. | 1 Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Want of cleanliness | 134 | 134 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 69 | 69 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation :— | ||||
| Insufficient | 8 | 8 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 70 | 70 | — | |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Total | 288 | 287 | 1 | — |
HOME WORK DONE BY OUTWORKERS.
In certain industries specified in the Home Work Orders made by the
Home Secretary, if work is given out by employers or contractors to be done
in private houses, the workers are known as Outworkers and the premises in
which they work are subject to inspection by the sanitary inspectors of the
Borough Council. In Fulham this duty is carried out by the Woman Sanitary
Inspector. The object of the inspections is to prevent such work from being
done in unwholesome premises or in houses in which infectious diseases are
present.
The following table gives the number of outworkers' premises in the Borough, the nature of the work carried on, and the classification of the outworkers' premises into factories, workshops and workplaces:—
| Nature of Work. | Nature of Premises. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories. | Workshops. | Workplaces. | ||
| Wearing Apparel | 18 | 25 | 116 | 159 |
| Bootmaking | — | — | 67 | 67 |
| Miscellaneous | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 18 | 27 | 184 | 229 |