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 1957
[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 |