Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Factories Power . | Factories Non-power. | Workplaces, Offices, Shops, etc. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | – | – | 2 | |
Factories Act, 1937 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 46 |
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 | – | – | 2 | 2 |
Shops Act, 1950 | — | — | 20 | 20 |
16 | 19 | 35 | 70 |
Factories Power. | Factories Non-Power. | Workplaces, Offices, Shops, etc. | |
---|---|---|---|
Defective, dirty internally | — | 2 | 2 |
Damp | — | — | 20 |
Defective drainage | — | — | 14 |
Defective roofs | 1 | — | 5 |
Sanitary accommodation:— | |||
Insufficient | 2 | — | — |
Insufficient ventilation, light | 4 | — | 1 |
Defective or dirty | 16 | 5 | 13 |
Not separate for sexes | 3 | 1 | — |
No indicating notices on doors of water closets | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Smells | —. | — | 98 |
Rubbish | 1 | — | 36 |
Other Nuisances | — | — | 1 |
Temperature | — | — | 1 |
Inadequate ventilation | 1 | — | 3 |
Overcrowding | 3 | 1 | — |
Failure to fix abstracts | 12 | 8 | — |
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
Section 54—Basement Bakehouses:— | |
Bakehouses registered under the provisions of the above Act numbered six. | |
Section 110—Outworkers:— | |
Inspections | 206 |
Number of outworkers (includes 2,108 workers living in areas outside the City) | 3,436 |