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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| PREMISES. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
| Factories | 446 | 20 | 2 | |
| Workshops | 347 | 36 | ||
| Workplaces | 4,179 | 99 | 15 | |
| Total | 4,972 | 155 | 20 | |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to h.m. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts: | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 41 | 41 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 93 | 93 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 7 | 7 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 49 | 49 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | |
| Offences under the Factors 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 | 204 | 204 | ... | ... | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.