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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Defects found
| Particulars | No. of defects found | No. of defects remedied | No. of defects referred | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| To H. M. Inspectors | By H. M. Inspectors | |||
| Want of cleanliness | - | - | 2 | |
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | - |
| Unreasonable temperature | _ | - | - | - |
| Inadequate ventilation | - | - | - | - |
| Ineffective drainage of floors | - | - | - | - |
| Sanitary conveniences | - | - | - | - |
| (a) insufficient | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 26 | 20 | - | 1 |
| (c) not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Other offences (not including offences relating to Homework) | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 29 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
During 1957» no prosecutions were instituted under the Factories
Acts, 1937 and 1948•
Outworkers
The following table shows the nature of the work carried out by the one hundred and thirty home workers on the register of outworkers during 1957:-
| Nature of Work | Number |
|---|---|
| Paper bags | 8 |
| Wearing apparel - making, etc. | 81 |
| Artificial flowers and jewellery | 20 |
| Carding etc. of buttons, etc. | 6 |
| Stuffed toys | 12 |
| Lampshades | 1 |
| Basket making | 1 |
| Curtains, etc. | 1 |
| 130 |
During the year, two hundred and six inspections of outworkers'
premises were made, but in no case was action necessary to prevent work
being carried on in unwholesome premises.
No instance of infectious disease occurring in premises, where
home work is carried on, was reported during the year.
Basement bakehouses
The Factories Act, 1937, (Section 54), requires the Council
to carry out (in every fifth year) an examination of all basement
bakehouses in the borough, for which certificates of suitability have
been issued and are still in force.
The quinquennial inspections for the year 1953/54 were made
of twenty-seven underground bakehouses in respect of which certificates
still operated.