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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
Paddington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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factories, workshops, laundries, workplaces and homework.
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||||||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 33 | 32 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Want of Ventilation | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Overcrowding | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Other nuisances | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Sanitary accommodations | insufficent | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |||||||||
| unsuitable or defective | 11 | 11 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outework | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Total | 67 | 66 | ... | |||||||||||
| Work. | ||||||||||||||
| Number of Inspections of Outworkers' premises. | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110. | ||||||||||||
| Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110). | ||||||||
| Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | |||||||||||||
| ... | ... | 240 | ... | ... | ... | 24 | ... | ... | ||||||
| ... | ... | 33 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| ... | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| ... | ... | 299 | ... | ... | ... | 24 | ... | ... | ||||||
| 5.—Other Matters. | ||||||||||||||
| Class. | Number. | |||||||||||||
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories :— | ||||||||||||||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Action taken in matters referred bv H.M. Inspector i Notified by H.M. Inspector | 11 | |||||||||||||
| as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but-| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. not under the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 5) t Inspector | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Other | ... | |||||||||||||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | ||||||||||||||
| Certificates granted during the year | ... | |||||||||||||
| In use at the end of the year | 57 | |||||||||||||