Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Notification of Accidents.
There were 131 accidents notified during the year, which are classified as under in accordance with the premises in which they occurred:- | |
Departmental stores | 53 |
Multiple Food Retailers | 26 |
Multiple Catering Firms | 10 |
Hotels | 7 |
Airlines | 7 |
Multiple Off-licence Firms | 4 |
Food Manufacturers' Warehouses | 3 |
Public Houses | 2 |
Multiple Dairy Depots | 2 |
Multiple Book Sellers | 2 |
Banks | 2 |
Multiple Chemists | 2 |
Multiple General Retail shops | 1 |
Multiple Hairdressers | 1 |
Public Utility | 1 |
International Hotel | 1 |
Mail Order firm | 1 |
Restaurant | 1 |
Large office | 1 |
Small Retail shop | 1 |
Retail Greengrocer | 1 |
Retail Dress Shop | 1 |
Display firm | 1 |
131 |
Main Causation of the Accidents.
Power-driven machinery or relevant part in motion | 2 |
Vehicle in motion not moved by power | 1 |
Stationary vehicle | 1 |
Hand tools | 10 |
Falls on or from fixed stairs | 17 |
Falls on or from ladders or step ladders | 2 |
Other falls from one level to another | 6 |
Falls on the same level | 18 |
Stepping on or striking against object or person | 18 |
Handling goods | 43 |
Struck by falling object | 9 |
Not otherwise specified | 4 |
131 |
LAND CHARGES.
The number of enquiries dealt with during the year was 4,889.
These concerned outstanding statutory or informal notices, closing
orders, smoke control orders and certificates of disrepair, etc.