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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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| Workplaces. | Workshop Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | Inspections during the year | 78 | 390 | 468 |
| 1903 | „ „ „ | 344 | 13 | 357 |
| 1904 | „ „ „ | 82 | 11 | 93 |
| 1905 | „ „ „ | 555 | 299 | 854 |
| 1906 | „ „ „ | 860 | 299 | 1,159 |
| 1907 | „ „ „ | 660 | 227 | 887 |
| 1908 | „ „ „ | 705 | 372 | 1,077 |
| 1909 | „ „ „ | 604 | 140 | 744 |
| 1910 | „ „ „ | 846 | 180 | 1,026 |
| 1911 | „ „ „ | 977 | 145 | 1,122 |
| 1912 | „ „ „ | 991 | 188 | 1,179 |
| 1913 | „ „ „ | 560 | 178 | 738 |
| 1914 | „ „ „ | 672 | 138 | 810 |
FACTORIES.
The local authority has but limited responsibilities with respect to factories. The
necessary cleansing comes under the supervision of H.M. Inspectors, as well as
ventilation, &c., &c. The principal defects remediable by the Local Authority are the
want of suitable and sufficient water-closet accommodation for both sexes and the
abatement of general nuisances.
Defects remediable under the Factory Acts other than as above-mentioned, when
noticed in the course of inspection, are referred to H.M. Inspector. During the year
94 defects were so referred.
WORKSHOPS.
In the year 1902, it became the duty of Local Authorities to see to the condition
of all Workshops and the abatement of nuisances therein. The want of cleanliness and
ventilation, the provision of suitable and sufficient water-closet accommodation, the
abatement of overcrowding, the affixing of abstracts of the Act within workshops,
the keeping of Lists of Outworkers upon the premises, &c., are some of the matters
requiring attention.
Constant changes in business arrangements furnish the principal reason for
interference on the part of the Local Authority. It is frequently found in such
cases that entirely new arrangements have to be made with regard to water-closet
accommodation, &c.
BAKEHOUSES.
Bakehouses are scheduled as Workshops (Part II., Sixth Schedule), and are
required to be registered by the Local Authority (Sec. 132).