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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| PREMISES. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
| Factories | 354 | 27 | 5 | |
| Workshops | 539 | 60 | 10 | ... |
| Workplaces | 2,905 | 66 | 8 | ... |
| Total | 3,798 | 153 | 23 | ... |
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 | 46 | 46 | |||
| Want of ventilation | 7 | 7 | |||
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | |||||
| Other nuisances | 85 | 85 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 69 | 69 | |||
| not separate for sexes | 7 | 7 | |||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshops Act: | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | |||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bake houses (SS. 97 to 100) | |||||
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||||
| Total | 218 | 218 | |||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.