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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INPECTION.
Including Inspections by Sanitary Inspectors.
| PREMISES. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
| Factories | 259 | 14 | 2 | • •• |
| Workshops | 211 | 22 | 4 | ... |
| Workplaces | 1,479 | 30 | 2 | ... |
| Total | 1,949 | 66 | 8 | ... |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referredto H.M. Inspector. | |||
| *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts: | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 26 | 26 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 19 | 19 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act: | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bake-houses (SS. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to out-work which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 60 | 60 | ... | ... | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
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