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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
Holborn 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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| Matters referred to H.M. Inspector:— Nuisances remediable by H.M. Inspector | - |
| Failure to affix abstract | 13 |
| Matters referred by H. M. Inspector:— Notified by H.M. Inspector | 22 |
| Mr. Bennett. | Mr. Clark. | Mr. Larard. | Miss Charles-worth. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories— Intimation | 2 | 2 | 15 | - | 19 |
| Statutory | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| Workshops— Intimation | 9 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 59 |
| Statutory | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 7 |
| W orkplaces— Intimation | - | 14 | 9 | - | 23 |
| Statutory | -- | 9 | — | — | 9 |
| Offices— Intimation | -_ | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Statutory | - | — | — | — | — |
| Restaurants— Intimation | 3 | 8 | 10 | - | 21 |
| Statutory | — | — | — | — | — |
| Licensed Premises— Intimation | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Statutory | — | — | — | — | — |
| Legal Proceedings | — | - | - | - | - |
| Lists received from Holborn Firms | 115 |
| Names and addresses received from other Authorities | 498 |
| Names and addresses sent to other Authorities | 432 |
| Notices served on Employers | - |
| Firms visited | 115 |
| Outworkers lists not kept | — |
| „ ,, not sent | — |
| Infectious diseases in outworkers premises | — |
Among the industries that came under observation during the year, the following may
be mentioned:—
Brush Making.
Complaints were received of a smell arising from bristle steaming at brush-making
works. This work is carried on in a factory employing about 170 persons of both sexes.
The brushes made are mostly for use with paint or distemper; the bristles are subjected to
superheated steam for six hours before being made up into brushes. In the better class paint
brushes, the bristles are imbedded in a solution of indiarubber which, when vulcanised,
holds them fast. The wooden handles are turned by machinery and finished on revolving
bands of abrasive material giving a very smooth surface to the wood.