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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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warming of rooms, and in addition, notice was sent of 124 workshops in
which Abstracts were not affixed.
Statutory notices were issued in 27 instances; three prosecutions
took place in connection with premises in which work was carried on,
as shown above, under the heading of " House Inspection."
| Premises. | Number of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Re. Inspections | Defects Found. | Intimation Notices. | Statutory Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories | 67 | 74 | 49 | 26 | . | . |
| Workshops | 2,784 | 4,086 | 2,210 | 608 | 23 | 2 |
| Workplaces (Including restaurant kitchens, &c.) | 2,491 | 3,231 | 352 | 330 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 5,342 | 7,391 | 2,611 | 964 | 27 | 3 |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 880 | 880 | — |
| Want of ventilation | 146 | 146 | — |
| Want of ventilation of gas stoves | 61 | 61 | — |
| Overcrowding | 63 | 63 | 1 |
| Want of drainage of floors | 16 | 16 | — |
| Sanitary accommodation— | |||
| Insufficient | 64 | 64 | 1 |
| Unsuitable | 98 | 98 | — |
| 394 | 394 | — | |
| Not separate for sexes | 114 | 114 | 1 |
| Other defects | 775 | 775 | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses | — | — | — |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for | 4 | 4 | — |
| bakehouses | |||
| Other offences | — | — | — |
| Total | 2,615 | 2,615 | 3 |