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
Holborn 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Premises. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 141 | 17 | 1 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 689 | 102 | 15 | — |
| Workplaces | 2,530 | 122 | 12 | — |
| Total | 3,360 | 241 | 28 | — |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 59 | 59 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 124 | 124 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 63 | 63 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 9 | 9 | — | — | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 265 | 265 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the
Public Health Acts.