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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Factories, Power. | Factories, Non-Power | Workplaces, Offices, Shops, etc. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defective, dirty internally | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Verminous | – | – | 2 |
| Damp | – | 1 | 6 |
| Defective drainage | – | – | 17 |
| Defective roofs | 2 | – | 4 |
| Sanitary accommodation– | |||
| Insufficient | 1 | – | 3 |
| Insufficient ventilation and light | 5 | – | 1 |
| Defective or dirty | 35 | 9 | 19 |
| Not separate for sexes | 3 | – | – |
| Unsuitable | 1 | – | – |
| No indicating notices on doors of water closets | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Water Supply– | |||
| Absence of in upper floors | 2 | – | – |
| Insufficient | – | – | 2 |
| Smells | 3 | 1 | 70 |
| Rubbish | 1 | – | 25 |
| Animals | – | – | 3 |
| Temperature | 1 | – | – |
| Inadequate ventilation. | 2 | – | 2 |
| Overcrowding | – | 2 | – |
| Failure to fix abstracts | 16 | 11 | – |
Factories Act, 1937 (Section 110).
Outworkers—
Inspections 133
Number of outworkers (includes 2,374 workers living in
areas outside the City) 3,570
Abstracts.
Reports were made to the Factory Inspector of 27 instances of failure
to display the appropriate abstracts of the Factories Act, 1937.