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
Paddington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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factories, workshops, laundries, workplaces and homework.
TABLE IX.
1. — I nspection.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors. H.O.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 195 | ... | ... |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 2,622 | 20 | .. |
| Wolpsaces(other than Outworkres Premisrs in- cluded in Part 3 of this Report) | 134 | ... | |
| Total | 2,951 | 20 | ... |
3.—Home
| Nature of Work. | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils. | Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other Councils. | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | ||||||
| Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | ||||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||
| Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||
| Wearing Apparel— | |||||||||
| (1) making, &c | 120 | ... | 590 | 8 | ... | 17 | 272 | 406 | ... |
| (2) cleaning and washing | 6 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 20 | .. |
| Lace, lace curtains and nets | 4 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ||
| Furniture and Upholstery | 10 | ... | 41 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. |
| Umbrellas, etc. | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Electro-plate | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | .. | ... | .. | .. | ... |
| Total | 144 | ... | 656 | 10 | ... | 20 | 281 | 431 | ... |
4.—Registered Workshops.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
|---|---|
| Workshops | 1,379 |
| Do. Bakehouses | 61 |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1,440 |