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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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were received, including 94 from the Home Office, and were duly
investigated; three matters were referred to the Home Office relating to
insufficient warming of rooms, and in addition, notice was sent of 135
workshops in which Abstracts were not affixed.
Statutory notices were issued in respect of 20 workshops and 13
workplaces; two 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. | Reinspections. | Defects Found. | Intimation Notices. | Statutory Notices. | Prosecutions | |
| Factories | 73 | 73 | 50 | 27 | — | — |
| Workshops | 2,963 | 3,576 | 2,240 | 918 | 20 | 2 |
| Workplaces (Including restaurant kitchens, &c.) | 2,590 | 4,790 | 357 | 252 | 13 | — |
| Total | 5,626 | 8,439 | 2,647 | 1,197 | 33 | 2 |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 859 | 859 | 1 |
| Want of ventilation | 223 | 223 | 1 |
| Want of ventilation of gas stoves | 110 | 105 | — |
| Overcrowding | 50 | 50 | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 18 | 18 | — |
| Sanitary accommodation— | — | ||
| Insufficient | 47 | 46 | — |
| Unsuitable | 97 | 96 | — |
| Defective | 364 | 364 | — |
| Not separate for sexes | 135 | 135 | — |
| Other defects | 742 | 740 | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | — | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses | — | — | — |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 2 | 2 | — |
| Other offences | — | — | — |
| Total | 2,647 | 2,638 | 2 |