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 1919
[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) | 57 | 18 | 3 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 247 | 68 | 9 | — |
| Workplaces | 1,239 | 72 | 1 | — |
| Total | 1,543 | 158 | 13 | — |
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 | 77 | 77 | — | i | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 51 | 5i | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | i | 1 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 41 | 41 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| 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 | 177 | 177 | — | 1 | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.