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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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TABLE 22—Factories: Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health
| Premises | Number on Register | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities | 755 | 70 | - | - |
| (ii) Factories not included in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority | 3,036 | 665 | 3 | - |
| (iii) Other Premises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding out-workers' premises) | 278 | 800 | - | _ |
| Total | 4,069 | 1,535 | 3 | - |
TABLE 23.—O utwork
| Nature of work | Section 133 | Section 134 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of out-workers in August list required by Section 133 (1) (c) | Number of cases of default in sending lists to the Council | Number of prosecutions for failure to supply lists | Number of instances of work in unwholesome premises | Notices served | Prosecutions | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) |
| Wearing apparel—Making, etc. | 2,182 | - | - | - | - | _ |
| Household linen | 52 | - | - | - | - | — |
| Curtains and furniture hangings | 31 | - | - | - | - | — |
| Umbrellas, etc | 5 | - | - | - | - | — |
| Carding, etc., of buttons, etc. | 4 | - | - | - | - | — |
| Textile weaving | 15 | - | - | - | - | — |
| Total | 2,289 | — | — | - | - | - |