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
Islington 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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| Nature of Work(1) | Section 110 | Section 111 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of out-workers in Augustlist required by Sec. 110 (1) (c) | No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council | No. of prosecu-tions for failure to supply lists | No. of instances of work in unwhole-some premises | Notices served | Prosecu-tions | |
| (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | |
| Making, etc. Wearing Cleaning and apparel washing | 714 | — | — | - | — | — |
| Household linen | 2 | — | — | — | — | - |
| Lace, lace curtains and nets | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Curtains and furniture hangings | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Furniture and Uphols- | ||||||
| tery | 1 | - | - | — | — | - |
| Electro-plate | 1 | - | - | — | — | - |
| Brass and brass articles | 1 | - | - | — | — | - |
| Umbrellas, etc. | 7 | - | - | — | — | - |
| Artificial flowers | 96 | - | - | — | — | - |
| Paper bags | 11 | - | - | - | — | - |
| The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper | 86 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brush making | 9 | - | - | — | - | - |
| Feather sorting | 59 | - | - | — | _ | - |
| Carding, etc., of buttons, etc. | 20 | - | - | — | — | - |
| Stuffed toys | 81 | - | - | — | — | - |
| Basket making. . | 2 | - | - | — | — | - |
| Cosaques, Christmas crackers, Christmas stockings, etc. | 81 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Textile weaving | 5 | - | - | — | — | - |
| Lampshades | 21 | - | - | — | — | - |
| Total | 1,199 | - | - | — | — | - |
Factories Act, 1937—Section 7.
Sanitary Conveniences.
During the year, three applications were received and approved for exemption
in respect of the provision of sanitary conveniences, fn addition, one existing
approval was determined.
Underground Bakehouses.
Certificates of suitability continued to be in force pursuant to Section 54 of
the Factories Act, 1937, in respect of 31 underground bakehouses. This is a decrease
of two since the previous year.
Details relative to the existing bakehouses are as follows:—
| Number of routine inspections | 126 |
| Number of re-visits | 86 |
| Number of notices served | 26 |
| Number of notices complied with | 12 |