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
Holborn 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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| PREMISES. | Number of | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |||||
| Intimations. | Statutory. | ||||||
| Factories | 657 | 14 | 2 | ... | |||
| Workshops | 623 | 47 | 5 | ... | |||
| Workplaces | 3,768 | 65 | 16 | ... | |||
| Total | 4,948 | 126 | 23 | ... | |||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to h.m. Inspector. | |||||
| *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts: | |||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 32 | 32 | ... | ... | |||
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Other nuisances | 71 | 71 | ... | ... | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 35 | 35 | ... | ... | |||
| not separate for sexes | 12 | 12 | ... | ... | |||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act : | |||||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Total | 152. | 152 | ... | ... | |||
* Including those specified in Suctions 2. 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.