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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
Kensington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The subjoined table, dealing with persons of both sexes employed at workshops, etc., is
prescribed by the Local Government Board to be inserted in the annual report of the Medical
Officer of Health.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK. 1.—Inspection.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 144 | 9 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 2819 | 354 | - |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in part 3 of this Report) | 348 | 7 | - |
| Total | 3311 | 370 | - |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 235 | 221 | -.. | - | |
| Want of ventilation | 31 | 22 | - | - | |
| Overcrowding | 8 | 8 | - | - | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 19 | 19 | - | - | |
| Other Nuisances | 137 | 137 | - | - | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| unsuitable or defective | 84 | 84 | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| Other Offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | 5 | - | 5 | - | |
| Total | 537 | 508 | 5 | - | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public
Health Acts.