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 London County Council]
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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. | |||||
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1. Inspections. | ||||||||||||||||
Factories (including factory laundries) | 244 | 144 | 554 | 75 | — | 81 | 24 | 132 | 178 | 557 | 16 | |||||
Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 1,571 | 2,819 | 1,465 | 646 | 510 | 3,204 | 1,926 | 1,100 | 1,193 | 2,557 | 167 | |||||
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises) | 48 | 348 | 238 | 135 | — | 843 | 898 | 635 | 318 | 1,500 | 10 | |||||
Total (Inspections) | 1,803 | 3,311 | 2,257 | 856 | 510 | 4128 | 2,848 | 1,867 | 1,689 | 4,614 | 193 | |||||
2. Defects Found. | ||||||||||||||||
Want of cleanliness | 68 | 235 | 138 | 69 | 9 | 613 | 62 | 33 | 82 | 970 | 36 | |||||
Want of ventilation | 4 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 150 | 2 | 1 | — | 31 | — | |||||
Overcrowding | 4 | 8 | — | 2 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 9 | — | |||||
Want of drainage of floors | — | 19 | 14 | 4 | — | 35 | — | 1 | — | 45 | 1 | |||||
Other nuisances | 22 | 137 | 86 | 8 | 7 | 767 | 15 | 91 | 10 | 601 | 30 | |||||
Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | — | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 24 | — | 2 | 7 | 28 | 2 | ||||
Unsuitable | 17 | 84 | 30 | 25 | — | 470 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 198 | 25 | |||||
Not separate for sexes | — | 6 | 1 | 3 | — | 170 | 3 | 2 | — | 19 | — | |||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100) | — | 6 | 97 | 15 | — | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | |||||
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork) | — | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | 27 | — | |||||
Total (defects found) | 115 | 537 | 382 | 135 | 27 | 2,270 | 91 | 164 | 139 | 1,928 | 94 | |||||
3. Homework. | ||||||||||||||||
Received twice in the year from employers | Number of Lists | 76 | 89 | 7 | 26 | 62 | 654 | 138 | 114 | 47 | 608 | 30 | ||||
Number of out-workers corresponding thereto | 440 | 867 | 15 | 81 | 604 | 7,907 | 1,695 | 359 | 200 | 5,056 | 276 | |||||
Received once in the year from^ employers | Number of Lists | 25 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 66 | 13 | 7 | 308 | 4 | ||||
| Number of out-workers corrosponding thereto | 42 | 42 | 74 | 16 | 24 | 124 | 706 | 11 | 18 | 2,355 | 25 | |||||
Number of addresses of outworkers received from other Councils | 385 | 317 | 277 | 258 | 92 | 432 | 1,504 | 54 | 974 | 2,788 | 541 | |||||
Number of addresses of outworkers forwarded to other Councils | 283 | 707 | 129 | 48 | 518 | 3,199 | 1,248 | 382 | 177 | 1,341 | 112 | |||||
Prosecutions | Failing to keep lists or permit inspection thereof | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Failing to send lists | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Number of inspections of outworkers' premises | 377 | 473 | 362 | 163 | — | — | 324 | 101 | 371 | 937 | 204 | |||||
Outwork in unwhole some premises (s. 108) | Instances | — | 1 | 21 | 19 | — | — | 11 | — | 2 | 34 | — | ||||
Notices served | — | 1 | 21 | 19 | — | 468 | 11 | — | 2 | 34 | — | |||||
Prosecutions | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Outwork in infected premises (ss. 109, 110) | Instances | 11 | 17 | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | — | 52 | 3 | ||||
Orders made (s. 110) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | |||||
Prosecutions (ss. 109, 110) | -- | — | - | — | — | - | - | — | - | — | — | |||||
4. Registered Workshops. | ||||||||||||||||
Bakehouses | 67 | 96 | 61 | 69 | 39 | 92 | 78 | 35 | 187 | 256 | 28 | |||||
Laundries | 118 | 216 | 305 | 79 | 30 | 471 | 2,831 | 6 | 74 | 134 | 24 | |||||
Other workshops | 1,318 | 1,324 | 447 | 368 | 500 | 2,685/ | 463 | 454 | 1,373 | 153 | ||||||
Total (number of workshops on the Register) | 1,503 | 813 | 516 | 569 | 2,824 | 2,909 | 504 | 715 | 1,763 | 205 | ||||||
5. Other Matters. | ||||||||||||||||
Failure to affix abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 39 | 55 | — | _— | 22 | 213 | 41 | 41 | 2 | 198 | 4 | |||||
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 | 19 | 30 | 34 | 10 | 15 | 116 | 47 | - | 7 | 6 | 4 | ||||
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 18 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 116 | 37 | — | 7 | 4 | 4 | |||||
Other | - | 5 | 18 | — | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | |||||
Certificates granted during 1907 | - | - | 1 | — | - | — | - | — | - | — | - | |||||
In use at the end of 1907 | 58 | 75 | 33 | 50 | 32 | 77 | 70 | 22 | 160 | 101 | 18 |