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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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90 factories, workshops, laundries, workplaces and homework.
TABLE XI.
. 1. — Inspections.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors. H.O.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 96 | 1 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 2,737 | 3 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 28 | — | — |
| Total | 2,861 | 4 | — |
3.—Home
| Nature of Work. | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | ||||||
| Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | ||||||
| Outworkers. | Outworkers. | ||||||
| Lists. | Contractors. | Workmen. | Lists. | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||
| Wearing Apparel— | |||||||
| (1) making, &c. | 88 | 20 | 490 | 9 | - | 19 | 88 |
| (2) cleaning and washing | 6 | - | 10 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Furniture and upholstery | 4 | - | 48 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Electro-plate | 2 | 2 | — | - | — | — | 2 |
| Umbrellas, &c. | 2 | — | 2 | - | — | — | 2 |
| Artificial flowers | 4 | — | 4 | - | — | — | 4 |
| Brush making | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Total | 108 | 22 | 556 | 9 | - | 19 | 108 |
4.—Registered Workshops.
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
|---|---|
| Workshops | 1,295 |
| Do. Bakehouses | 50 |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1,345 |