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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Factories, Power. | Factories, Non-Power | Workplaces, Offices, Shops, &c. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defective, dirty internally | 13 | 30 | 8 |
| Verminous | — | — | 5 |
| Damp | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| Defective drainage | — | 5 | 56 |
| „ roofs | 2 | — | 2 |
| „ area paving | — | — | 1 |
| Sanitary accommodation— Insufficient | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| Insufficient ventilation and light | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Defective or dirty | 9 | 28 | 26 |
| Direct approach | 4 | 2 | — |
| Not separate for sexes | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Unsuitable | 2 | — | — |
| No indicating notices on doors of waterclosets | 15 | 10 | – |
| Water supply insufficient | — | — | 3 |
| „ supply, absence of in upper floors | – | – | 2 |
| „ cisterns dirty | — | — | 3 |
| „ cisterns uncovered | — | — | 1 |
| „ taps not off main | — | — | 1 |
| Smells | — | 1 | 55 |
| Rubbish | 1 | 2 | 51 |
| Other nuisances | — | 2 | 24 |
| Temperature | — | 4 | 3 |
| Inadequate ventilation | — | 1 | 6 |
| Overcrowding | — | 7 | 1 |
| Failure to fix abstracts | 75 | 47 | — |
Factories Act, 1937 (Section 114).
Reports were made to the Factory Inspector of 122 instances for
failure to display the appropriate abstracts of the Factories Act, 1937.