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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 and Chelsea 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Part VIII of the Act Outwork (Sections 133 and 134)
| Nature of Work | Section 133 | Section 134 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Outworkers in August lists required by Section 133(1)(c) | No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council | No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists | No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises | Notices served | Prosecutions | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) |
| Wearing apparel | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Curtains and furniture hangings | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Furniture and upholstery | 3 | - | — | — | - | • |
| Brass manufacture | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Artificial flowers | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paper bags | 4 | — | - | - | - | — |
| Boxmaking | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feather sorting | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Carding of buttons | 1 | — | _ | - | - | — |
| Lampshades | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 147 | - | - | - | - | - |
During the year, 22 inspections of outworkers' premises were made,
but in no case was action necessary to prevent work being carried out 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, 1961, (Section 70) requires the Council to
inspect in every fifth year all basement bakehouses in the borough for
which certificates of suitability have been issued. The certificates
continue to operate if the Council are satisfied that the bakehouses are
still suitable. The last quinquennial review was made in 1963/4. At
the present time there are nine basement bakehouses in use in the borough
as follows:-
151 Earls Court Road
178 Fulham Road 134 King's Road
323 Fulham Road 517 King's Road
65 Golborne Road 139 Portland Road
79 Golborne 46 Walton Street
Register of Factories
The Factories Act, 196I. requires the Council to keep a list of
all factories within the borough with respect to which the duty of
enforcing the provisions of the Factories Act is imposed upon them.
The following table gives a summary of the factories on the
Council's register at the end of the year, indicating the types of
business carried on, whether or not mechanical power is used, and
where situated i.e. North Kensington, South Kensington or Chelsea:-