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London County Council 1907

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

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Table: TABLE SHOWING PROCEEDINGS OF LONDON SANITARY

TABLE SHOWING PROCEEDINGS OF LONDON SANITARY

Premises, Particulars, Class, &c.Paddington.Kensington.Hammersmith.Fulham.Chelsea.City of Westminster.St. Marylebone.Hampstead.St. Pancras.Islington.Stoke Newington.
1. Inspections.
Factories (including factory laundries)24414455475—812413217855716
Workshops (including workshop laundries)1,5712,8191,4656465103,2041,9261,1001,1932,557167
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises)48348238135—8438986353181,50010
Total (Inspections)1,8033,3112,25785651041282,8481,8671,6894,614193
2. Defects Found.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts.
Want of cleanliness6823513869961362338297036
Want of ventilation43133115021—31—
Overcrowding48—28371829—
Want of drainage of floors—19144—35—1—451
Other nuisances22137868776715911060130
Sanitary accommodationInsufficient—666224—27282
Unsuitable17843025—470816919825
Not separate for sexes—613—17032—19—
Offences under the Factory & Workshop Act.
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)—————4—————
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100)—69715————28——
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork)—57————10127—
Total (defects found)115537382135272,270911641391,92894
3. Homework.
Outworkers' Lists (s. 107).
Received twice in the year from employersNumber of Lists7689726626541381144760830
Number of out-workers corresponding thereto44086715816047,9071,6953592005,056276
Received once in the year from^ employersNumber of Lists25103451012661373084
| Number of out-workers corrosponding thereto424274162412470611182,35525
Number of addresses of outworkers received from other Councils385317277258924321,504549742,788541
Number of addresses of outworkers forwarded to other Councils283707129485183,1991,2483821771,341112
ProsecutionsFailing to keep lists or permit inspection thereof———————————
Failing to send lists———————————
Outworkers' Premises.
Number of inspections of outworkers' premises377473362163——324101371937204
Outwork in unwhole some premises (s. 108)Instances—12119——11—234—
Notices served—12119—46811—234—
Prosecutions—————2—————
Outwork in infected premises (ss. 109, 110)Instances1117———98———523
Orders made (s. 110)—————————4—
Prosecutions (ss. 109, 110)--—-——--—-——
4. Registered Workshops.
Workshops on the Register at the end of 1906.
Bakehouses679661693992783518725628
Laundries11821630579304712,83167413424
Other workshops1,3181,3244473685002,685/4634541,373153
Total (number of workshops on the Register)1,503w 1,6368135165692,8242,9095047151,763205
5. Other Matters.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories.
Failure to affix abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133)3955—_—22213414121984
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. Inspector193034101511647-764
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector181610101511637—744
Other-518—-422---
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101).
Certificates granted during 1907--1—-—-—-—-
In use at the end of 1907587533503277702216010118