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
City of Westminster 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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irons, &c. In addition, notice was sent of 221 workshops in which Abstracts were not affixed.
| Premises. | Number of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Defects Found. | Intimation Notices. | Statutory Notices. | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including factory laundries) | — | ||||
| Workshops (Including workshop laundries) | |||||
| Workplaces .. (Including restaurant kitchens, &c.) | |||||
| Total | |||||
In addition, 3,858 re-inspection visits were paid.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— | |||
| Want of cleanliness.. | 834 | 834 | 1 |
| Want of ventilation | 189 | 189 | _ |
| Want of ventilation of gas stoves | 236 | 232 | — |
| Overcrowding | 58 | 58 | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 66 | 66 | 1 |
| Other defects | 468 | 460 | — |
| Sanitary accommodation— | |||
| Insufficient | 22 | 22 | 2 |
| Unsuitable | 115 | 113 | _ |
| Defective | 450 | 450 | 1 |
| Not separate for sexes | 140 | 138 | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (Sec. 101) | — | - | 1 |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (Sees. 97 to 100). | — | - | — |
| Other offences | — | - | — |
| Total | 2,578 | 2,562 | 6 |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.