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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of London 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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3.—OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— | |||||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 51 | ||||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (S. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 32 | |||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 32 | ||||
| Other | 1 | ||||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | |||||
| In use at the end of 1905 | 27 | ||||
| Homework:— | Number of | ||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||
| Lists received | 576 | 8,127 | |||
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 7,891 | |||
| received from other Authorities | 236 | ||||
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | ||||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | 1 | - | |||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | 1 | - | |||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | — | — | |||
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1905. | |||||
| Important classeof workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Workshop Bakehouses (including two Factory Bakehouses) | 37 | |||
| Other Workshops | †1,947 | ||||
| Total number or Workshops on Register | 1,984 | ||||
* The Lists should be received twice in the year. The year's figures required in the Table are then obtained by adding
together the two half-yearly totals.
† Number of premises registered (number of workshops not known, the whole of the premises registered not having
been re-inspected).