Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
one of Puerperal Fever, and one of Ophthalmia Neonatorum, were
notified as having occurred in the homes of outworkers, compared
with 15 in 1911, 14 in 1910, and six in 1909.
In none of these cases was it necessary to make any order
under Section no of the Factory and Workshop Act.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1) | Number. (2) | |
---|---|---|
Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Workshop Bakehouses | 127 |
,, Laundries | 147 | |
Dressmakers'and Milliners'Workshops | 290 | |
Bootmakers | 158 | |
Smiths | 46 | |
Builders | 65 | |
lailors | 69 | |
Other | 801 | |
Total number of workshops on Register | 1703 |
Class. (1) | Number. (2) | |
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Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 25 | |
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | 'Notified by H.M. Inspector | 9 |
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 9 | |
Other | ||
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
Certificates granted during the year | 1 | |
In use at the end of the year | 47 |