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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Class. | Number. |
|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories: — | |
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act | 79 |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts but not under the Factory and Workshop Act— | |
| Notified bv H.M. Inspector | 141 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 141 |
| Other | 13 |
| Workrooms measured | 331 |
| Underground bakehouses— | |
| Certificates granted during the year | – |
| „ refused „ | – |
| In use at the end of the year | 68 |
Outworkers.—Firms giving out work in certain trades are required
to send in a list twice a year of those they employ. Outworkers
are constantly changing their addresses and their employers, so that
it is difficult to maintain a correct register. Less trouble has been
experienced in getting in the lists since the Council adopted the plan
of sending a printed form to all known or likely employers to be filled
up by tliein. Notices were sent to 84 employers for failing to send in
lists, no second notice was sent. Those who failed to reply were visited
by the Inspector and all the lists were eventally received. In addition
78 visits of enquiry to ascertain if outworkers were employed were
made by the women inspectors.
They were distributed thus:—
| Council. | Sent from Westminster. | Received by Westminster. | Council. | Sent from Westminster. | Received by Westminster. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | ||
| Acton | 7 | 7 | – | – | Broadstairs | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Barnes | 3 | – | – | – | Bromley | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Barnet | 1 | 1 | – | – | Camberwell | 30 | 29 | – | – |
| Battersea | 75 | 82 | – | – | Cambridge | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Bedfont | – | 1 | – | – | Carshalton | – | 1 | – | – |
| Bedford | 2 | 3 | – | – | Charlton Kings | 1 | – | – | – |
| Bermondsey | 3 | 2 | – | – | Chelsea | 14 | 10 | 42 | 43 |
| Bethnal Green | 8 | 7 | – | – | Cheltenham | – | 1 | – | – |
| Billingshurst | 1 | 1 | – | – | Chichester | 1 | 1 | – | – |