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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Premises. | Number of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Defects Found. | Intimation Notices. | Statutory Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factorirs | 104 | 72 | 11 | 1 | — | |
| Workshops | 2,069 | 2,821 | 810 | 385 | 14 | 1 |
| Workplaces (Excluding restaurant kitchens, &c.) | 1,101 | 1,628 | 482 | 181 | 1 | — |
| Total | 3,274 | 4,521 | 1,328 | 577 | 16 | 1 |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. Found. | Number of Prosecutions. |
|---|---|---|
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 486 | — |
| Want of ventilation | — | |
| Want of ventilation of gas stores | 48 | — |
| Overcrowding | 30 | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 17 | — |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||
| Insufficient | 37 | — |
| Unsuitable | 58 | — |
| Defective | 237 | 1 |
| Not separate for sexes | 37 | — |
| Other defects | 311 | — |
| Total | 1,328 | 1 |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses | — | — |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (included above) | — | — |
| Other offences | — | — |
| Class. | Number.' |
|---|---|
| Visits to Out-workers' premises | 1,604 |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | |
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act | 174 |
| Absence of means of warming | 4 |
| Matters referred by H.M. Inspectors | 182 |
| Workrooms measured | 272 |
| Visits of Enquiry re Employment of Women | 12 |
| „ ,, Outworkers | 158 |
| Underground bakehouses in use at the end of the year | 61 |