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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Statutory notices were issued in 44 instances, and eight prosecutions
took place in connection with premises in which work was carried on.
The particulars are given in the list of police court proceedings under the
heading of " House Inspection."
| Premises. | Number of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Defects Found. | Intimation Nonces. | Statutory Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - |
| (Including factory laundries) Workshops | 2,975 | 2,537 | 816 | 36 | 5 |
| (Including workshop laundries) Workplaces | 1,460 | 311 | 101 | 6 | 3 |
| (Including restaurant kitchens, &c.) | |||||
| Total | 4,465 | 2,855 | 919 | 43 | 8 |
In addition, 16 re-inspection visits were paid to factories and 3,805
to workshops and other workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 958 | 950 | 3 |
| Want of ventilation | 139 | 139 | — |
| Want of ventilation of gas stoves | 138 | 137 | — |
| Overcrowding | 44 | 44 | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 61 | 61 | — |
| Other defects | 719 | 712 | 3 |
| Sanitary accommodation— | |||
| Insufficient | 44 | 42 | — |
| Unsuitable | 84 | 84 | — |
| Defective | 583 | 583 | 4 |
| Not separate for sexes | 85 | 83 | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (Sec. 101) | — | — | — |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (Sees. 97 to 100). | — | — | — |
| Other offences | — | — | — |
| Total | 2,855 | 2,835 | 8 |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of tbe Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. The prosecutions covered a number of
defects.