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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
City of Westminster 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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"The New River Company's water during the past month contained higher maximum
and mean proportions of organic impurity than I have previously found, and although
the highest amounts present were much less than those contained in certain of the Thames
waters, it has been evident that this Company, with its relatively small storage, could
not, on a few occasions, avoid the distribution of water of somewhat inferior quality."
7. Bakehouses:— The Home Secretary has issued a Draft Order modifying the
proportion of cubic feet of space to be provided in certain bakehouses:—
(1) As regards Underground Bakehouses, by raising the amount of cubic feet of
space to each person employed from 250 to 500 ; and
(2) As regards other Bakehouses where work is carried on at night by Artificial
light other than electric light, the amount of cubic space to be 400 feet per person, between
the hours of 9 in the evening and 6 in the succeeding morning.
8. The following is a summary of the Reports of your Sanitary Inspectors prepared by Mr. Chief Inspector Strutt:—
| WARDS. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conduit. | Grosvenor, | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne, | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | Totals | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Complaints received and dealt with | 1 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 81 |
| Houses and Premises Inspected | 13 | 15 | 11 | 29 | 70 | 31 | 87 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 361 |
| Do. Re-inspected Do. (Registered) | 115 | 153 | 31 | 236 | 380 | 35 | 129 | 24 | 54 | 29 | 92 | 37 | 129 | 62 | 1496 |
| Visited | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 10 | 25 |
| Workshops Inspected | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 | 4 | 8 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 32 | |
| Do. Visited | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 63 |
| Bakehouses Visited | — | — | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 9 | 1 | 44 |
| Milkshops Visited | — | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | 6 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 |
| Restaurant & Hotel Kitchens Visited | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Notices issued (preliminary) | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 29 | 10 | 10 | — | — | 6 | 11 | 2 | 134 |
| Do. (statutory) | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 11 |
| Smoke complaints received | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 7 |
| Do. observations taken | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 30 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 27 | 8 | 25 | 238 |
| Do. Notices issued (preliminary) | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Do. (statutory) | _ | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Food and Drugs— Samples taken | 4 | 8 | — | 14 | 26 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 19 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 182 |