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London County Council 1913

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

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Table: APPENDIX XX.Table showing proceedings of London sanitary authorities under the factory and workshop act, 1901.

APPENDIX XX.

Table showing proceedings of London sanitary authorities under the factory and workshop act, 1901.

Premises, Particulars, Class, &c.City of LondonBattersea.Bermondsey.Bethnal Green.Camberwell.Chelsea.Deptford.Finsbury.FulhannGreenwich.Hackney.Hammersmith.Hampstead.Holborn.Islington.Kensington.Lambeth.Lewisham.Paddington.Poplar.St. Marylebone.St. Panoras.Shoreditch.Southwark.Stepney.Stoke Newington.Wandsworth.City of Westminster.Woolwich.
1. Inspections.
Factories (including factory laundries)3,071487163124306418849915865451,0439824261534427211592180438582022155493473120
workshops (including workshop laundries)3,6631,5883744,1491,8837393101,5253753032,0741,133561*7932,5612,234941,2933,5448783,0091924,1671,1394,7412013,1852,963271
Workplaces (other than outworkers premises)7381,881112955970-155603191151-1,1171,5282,536989137-102365911,1622206844,23959171,6602,590120
Total (Inspections)7,4723,9566195,2283,1597436532,6277245192,1103,2932,1873,5714,1652,715961,4673,6951,5644,3514555,7095,5805,0152725,7795,626511
2. Defects Found.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts,
Want of cleanliness7029152606931514692421232539151992568651458955610885229655753718885936
Want of ventilation1ll10423--614--3015730295137226233694-833311
Overcrowding105-325-7--121581771122119-694212501
Want of drainage of floors-791311301-24141-34-----62-773318-
Other nuisances8611341381,097887116852110014950114170652431568168864516723293-22774212
SanitaryInsufficient16137133-3438552654398---296923242747-
accommodationUnsuitable2,9117550375712-23116779305604328073571-70822235166-8646112
Not separate for sexes7039421-2112-1311131261571-1445419121352
Offences under the Factory & Workshop Act.
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)-----------------------------
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100)-39---10--711-85---42-21—429——76-162-
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork)-------48---149--------2---50---
Total (defects found)4,6813772692,12226241317620721694933921322969903233841531877293321429901,4921,474645392,64774
3.Homework.
Outworkers Lists (s. 107).
Received twice in the year from employersNumber of Lists1,45874951747754722901694420701121261561163654118110116421041343084312834150
Outworkers.Contractor4,03052242,17457240475461420334821022442018710-171377265267-737-59--
corresponding thereto-Workmen12,0603238701,6973694464,182444,481982115211,1806074051445461,6989841871,5151,0443,4342933574,644747
Received once in the year from em ployersNumber of Lists6071181311335136166169466166181762228-2344
Outworkers.Contractor.7951023322--6565-14-353----8----12----
corresponding theretoWorkmen2998581934916207241039181919334116371887149139-427312
Number of addresses of outworkers received from other Councils2753752,8321062403032,8993929533721,9642,3301,07861652141494
Number of addresses of outworkers forwarded to other Councils16,0251811,4526191012,2876135302433591,0511,2296561942764,747119
ProsecutionsFailing to keep lists or permit inspection thereof---3-------------------------
Failing to send lists---3--1--------------------1-
Outworkers' Premises.
Number of inspections of outworkers' premises378081,1672,2451,3161074004441282,1833081,0681921924081,3011,9638225,484408465969363
Outwork in unwhole-some premises-(s. 108)Instances-426952539-12-8--12--925------94-452-2732818
Notices served-356187218---8--12355------96-452-351618
Prosecutions-----------------------------
Instances-------10------75166-8---282100-2017-
Outwork in infected premises (ss. 109, 110)Orders made (s. 110)-----------------------------
Prosecutions (ss. 109, 110)-----------------------------
4. Workshops.
Workshops on the Register at the end of 1913.
Bakehouses (a)19717286154336257725228623232237802149151837513274107175231228440
Laundries2,09431152,2625020820392084305713961542038532224,206742851222181454312
Other workshops4373071,4996451 791,964b3031809467734671,1631,3161,5179924331,2615491,8091,2042,4793,1991,4742,841148
Total (number of workshops on the Register)2,1135393942,3481,7036982492,0414142521,0581,1405061,2081,6491,7511,4096091,3446544,2812,0151,3062,6373,3962411,7412,968200
5. Other Matters.
Matters notified to H. M. Inspector of Factories.
Failure to affix abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133)10633-2019—1225----36915553--842210--12616351354
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. Inspector2821011015275236-62123291631679-31542416360510942
Reports (of action taken) sent to h.m. Inspector28-10871127323-16212329142467919255418228751094-
Other22--l--831---406--35--93--2732-4-
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101). Certificates granted during 1913-----------------------------
In use at the end of 191320263226652894344814512720219473722048257510138406118486814
(a) Including bakehouses not in use during the year.(b) Including workplaces.