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London County Council 1906

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TABLE SHOWING PROCEEDINGSOF LONDONSANITARY AUTHORITIES UNDER THE FACTORYAND WORKSHOP ACT IN 1906.

Premises, Particulars, Class, Ac.Paddinglon.Kensington.Hammersmith.Fnlham.Chelsea.City of Westminster.S*\ Marylebone.Hampstead.St. Pancras.Islington.Stoke Newington.Hackney.Holborn.FinBbury.City of London:Shoreditch.Bethnal Green.Stepney.Poplar;Southwark.Bermondsey.Lambeth.Battersea.Wandsworth.CamberwellDeptfordGreenwich.Lewisham.Woolwich.
1. Inspections.
Factories (including factory laundries)48012854912551284120412332916151978101,708711101654083289500058503688615022
Workshops (including workshop laundries)1,0823,4171,4053704933,2041,2341,3181,0751,9771632,1918801,8913,4813,7114,2502,9941,4891,534292; 9401,8643,2332,3404233601,297295
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises(447388208149648432201,84219425710"1,8215321,1596239581,3702,180545t2,0651,86346638889523"
Total (Inspections)2,0093,9332,1626445624,1751,4953,3641.3925,54511892,2062,8983,2336,3484,4055,3183,0102,9193,8121,1659494,4295,7543,3098795351,970317
2. Defects Found.Nuisances* under the Public Health Acts.
Want of cleanliness802981306818246187113741446225136114818470469857418747162295158189682656719230
Want of ventilation351_611152526_3152531008911461366115513
Overcrowding8201482811123011957404749314120754143595
Want of drainage of floors421259_4_2588313836455122
Other nuisances591529532570423610386841491425861,30639410922607922154752012185217685412
Sanitary accommodationInsufficient11411_20_71130_14151629571271993574oi 7
Unsuitable24833715_2042568184271101052651,592649186947913884561863)
Not separate for sexes2611_69114671268154113441412321
Offences under the Factory & Workshop Act. Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100)610581217242619
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork)47459i62"-~~~~-
Total (defects found)22865137614032762334001961,0581705504331,0884,1665899071,1576951,6545121,29655055819643116934169
3. Homework.Outworkers' Lists (s. 107).
Received twice in the year from-employers( Number of Lists..442611846147115965024631408128220958201168094108483812165892312240
Number of outworkers corresponding thereto3112678725713,7201,3832993031,8782243,5967375,53913,3724622,5742,4001,8881,0506112691131,8565131662361 J6
Received once in the year fromemployersf Number of Lists...324925_102456129__5016241544126123112423522114588
Number of outworkers corresponding thereto7823477-292826873434-2159J2141,2015142581,116191245< 3094895192103
Number of addresses of outworkers leceived from other Councils25426214221254384798285931,8573873,082205449321,9991,8834,1199088326836322471731,19542413812693
Ni mber of addresses of outworkers forwarded to other Councils26236964184431,6358332801901,1061221,7851865,29714,3767161,3459348996812841756912268033686969
ProsecutionsFailing to keep lists or permit inspection------------------1----------
Failing to send lists-----------2--1--------------
Outworkers' Premises.
Number of inspec tions of outworkers'649293322177451,200356734431,4354541,4311664872212,0343,3709502,156628729181346243917380223261630
premises
Out work in unwholesome premises-(s. 108)Instances---242-8-226-1-12847-5018129
Notices served---241-8-226-1-12847-501819
Prosecutions-----------------------------
Instances1519-1-52---926-8610145145-6193
Outwork in infected pr< mises(ss. 109, 110)Orders made (s. 110)11------------------
Prosecutions fas. 109. no1*---------------------------
4. Registered Workshops.Workshops on the Btgister at the end of 19' 6 (». 131).
Bakehouses69955969409783351782602911334613373921741051121042078616117075739959
Laundries51224324923232236731471911113212332925476734381198511198328
Other workshops7981,3205362514582,7232,6484751,0751,4231449018811,8222,8011,2451,5562,3044542,09255713374351,439961183151901128
i otal i number of workshops on the Register)9181,6399194125302,8522,7545161,3261,8301921,1259281,9042,8361,3511,6772,5036062,2716951,5445591,7191,2162692431,083215
5. Other Matters.Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories.
Failure to affix abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133)4573--32211263017165268153838-76-5322-2750663062213
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts but not under the Factory and Wo kshopAct(s.6)Notified by H.M. Inspector1825199911743-10184132152239772216171815473131822252
.Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector1824199911733-10184915223917221617181547313159251
Other5715-4427----24231-4191213-
Underground Bakehouse* (s. 101).
Certificates granted during 1906-----_3--1--1----------------1
In use at the end of 1906587736503281742217810419502740274428623341337232486628192325

* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
† Including 2,982 4' miscellaneous re-inspections."
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