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London County Council 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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TABLE SHOWING PROCEEDINGS OF LONDON SANITARY AUTHORITIES UNDER THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT.

Premises, Particulars, Class, &c.Paddington.Kensington.Hammersmith.Fulham.Chelsea.Westminster.St. Marylebone.Hampstead.St. Pancras.Islington.Stoke Newington.Hackney.Holborn.Finsbury.City of Londcn.Shoreditch.Bethnal-green.Stepney.Poplar.Southwaik.Bermondsey.Lambeth.Battersea.Wandbworth.CamberwellDeptford:Greenwich.Lewisham.Woolwich.
Inspection. Factories (including factory laundries,34616227810211-41289829016471,189917160533115214934767053811284612622
Workshops (including workshop laundries)3,2233,9351,7724019952,0391,0461,5475895,18311781,9692,1534,5054,6813,0372,3828681,5292641693,0082,873,168752377814107
Workplaces53222643801825788101,272251,03081,0467081,55853917551,1253766451,44923379431204
Homeworkers' premises26973102101941,543823727796011779812548946511,125-1,253654274277343237784359141553537
Total3,8914,1922,4169841,2824,1603,2833,0197897,4633112,8222,3604,2676,2275,3884,7322,4142,3903,4019314524,7014,9464,3081,236687989529
Defects Found.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts.
Want of cleanliness118368144148101711197419427383501281283853243965472105711801861921926493489824
Want of ventilation1052-53882012137-6244225021460290111171324816
Overcrowding1624-8648910-4627127727766111831191954-13
Want of drainage of floors12342-20212457-21---11023-31321-1
Other nuisances7829566--705529436488480272771,56467311179139975213633502477454344511
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient21812825621711143571216439203915-92117135-1
unsuitable or defective36133731344544131320830144484511,0533714343811281138175984814647
not separate for . sexes413121672719465834540213101310103-2
Total26592630017425965253428851,158791,0782289693,4204578809743931,8285364007866032228510219446
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act.
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101)---1--------228-121------4-
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97-100)111672-2321---35--4-3-1---68789--
Failure as regards lists of outworkers (S. 107)-59-32-204----1401066181811-8------1--
Giving out work to be done in premises which are1 unwholesome f (S.108)--------1-------1----------
1 infected (S. 110)-9------3----------------1--
Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or smallpox (S. 109).-------------------------1--
Other offences5------7-----120--------3----
Total (all defects found)2711,00536720925987289436891,158791,2533361,1523,4404758969764031,8285364008576103111881619446
Other Matters.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories.
Failure to affix abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133)0557-80163039542013027348854416024336231697931910141
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the P. H. Acts but not under the Factory Act (S. 5)Notified by H.M. Inspector616859-43171018671931122181665211363114142
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors7121511-38271016-19311618(spl.) 1102113634413
Other3404128-3-2---354----11--3--1950-
Underground Bakehouses (S. 101).
In use during 190365954255..9627136115203246444633633942337949617234332324
Certificates granted in 190329101232--7711-6920733194696333-3372294827272???24
,, ,, in 190432672618215129333-2078118-342--4-39118-
In use at the end of 1904627838504379862312810420502740274628633641337233486628202324
Homework.
Number of lists receivedS. 101839558295349111211447201184031161682724235531631472421036373956613581
Number of outworkers414599124945487,2681,3153412901,7592743,4767394,0893,4577916452,4641,3521,188363171743751,407204194265353
Addresses of outworkersForwarded to other authorities2534153449408734692771528862061,5791193,8913,334601298432497693169-372496133142913238
Received from other authorities1561511241586734176143628752001,228681521236801,0731,375563394283277175963112801225941
Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108)--------------1------
Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises49---151312-67-9-45-19---12344
Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110)----1------------
Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1904.
Bakehouses7197586943978636165255281113361347684180781081052078915916977729262
Laundries143255-60353068617111619243,03032332,10622744761,1394113086123712317
Other Workshops1,1171,1898362515432,3572,6126314341,8523119227461,7211,1011,2172721,4143631,3601,2211???6212373162
Total Workshop1,3311,5418943806212,4842,6986736852,2783391,1497981,8063,0641,2091,3342,2863721,5965811,3464931,6491,476255321588241