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 1920
[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) | 195 | 10 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1,938 | 44 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Table 3 of this Section of the Report) | 61 | 4 | — |
| Total | 2,194 | 58 | — |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 38 | 38 | — | _— | |
| Want of ventilation | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 33 | 33 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 31 | 31 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | |||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 14 | ]4 | — | — | |
| Other Offences | — | — | — | — | |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Table 3 of this Section of the Report.) | |||||
| Total | 129 | 129 | — | — | |
• Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public
Health Acts.