London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 151 | 16 | _ |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 2,339 | 166 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included | |||
| in part 3 of this Report) | 185 | 17 | — |
| Total | 2,675 | 199 | — |
| Particulars | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 81 | 81 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 35 | 35 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 9 | 9 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Nuisances | 81 | 81 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient unsuitable or defective not separate for sexes | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| 74 | 74 | — | — | ||
| 3 | 3 | — | — | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 45 | 45 | — | — | |
| Other Offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 338 | 338 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 8, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public
Health Acts