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 1914
[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) | 316 | 7 | _ |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 15,43 | 130 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in part 3 of this Report) | 121 | 8 | — |
| Total | 1,980 | 145 | — |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H. M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 59 | 59 | — | _ | |
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | - | - | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| Other Nuisances | 60 | 56 | - | - | |
| Sanitary accom-modation | insufficient | 4 | 4 | - | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 43 | 43 | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | - | — | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 33 | 33 | - | - | |
| Other Offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 217 | 213 | - | — | |