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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Factories.
These visits also afforded an opportunity for extending and revising information
relating to "factories" in the Borough. At the end of the year 501 factories were
on the register. Workshops are automatically converted, at a very small cost, into
factories by the installation of a small electric motor ; the health conditions then may
no longer be inspected by the Borough Council's staff except as regards sanitary
accommodation.
The 501 factories include 57 different industries. In 247 cases men only were
employed, in 16 women only, and in 238 both sexes.
The more important industries carried on in these factories are:—
Printing - 130
Engineering 43
Jewellers' work 33
Bookbinding 17
Metal work 12
| Mr.Bailey. | Mr. Clark | Mr. Orabtree | Mr. Larard | Mr. Fisher. | Miss Charles worth. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories— | ||||||||
| Inspections (including factory | 40 | 22 | 3 | 133 | 55 | _ | 259 | |
| bakehouses) Re-inspectiong | 22 | 5 | - | 11 | - | - | 38 | |
| Workshops— | ||||||||
| Inspections | 28 | 63 | 19 | 101 | — | — | 211 | |
| Re-inspections | 12 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 17 | |
| Workplaces— | ||||||||
| Inspections | 97 | 111 | 91 | 66 | 4 | — | 369 | |
| Re-inspections | 254 | 388 | 668 | 364 | 16 | — | 1,690 | |
| Offices— Inspections | _ | 3 | - | 5 | - | - | 8 | |
| Re-inspections | - | — | - | - | - | — | — | |
| Bakehouses— | ||||||||
| Inspections (excluding factory | - | — | - | 2 | 15 | — | 17 | |
| bakehouses) Re-inspections | _ | _ | _ | |||||
| Restaurants— | ||||||||
| Inspections | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1,044 | — | 1,072 | |
| Re-inspections | — | — | 1 | — | 22 | — | 23 | |
| Licensed Premises— | ||||||||
| Inspections | — | 1 | — | o | 29 | — | 30 | |
| Re-inspections | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Defects Found— | ||||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 9 | |
| ,, ventilation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Storage cistern defective | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | |
| Accommodation for refuse | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Accumulation of refuse | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 10 | |
| {Insufficient | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | - | 3 | |
| Sanitary {Unsuitable | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | - | 5 | |
| accommo- {Defective | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | — | - | 14 | |
| dation {Not separate for sexes | — | 2 | i | — | — | - | 3 | |
| Other nuisances | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | 26 | |
| Total defects | 18 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 5 | — | 75 | |
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