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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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| Men Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Totals. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special. Inspector Gathercole. | East District. Inspector * Dunworth. | West District. Inspector Robinson. | West District. Miss SafEord. | East District. Miss Wilkinson. | ||
| ACTION TAKEN. | ||||||
| Matters referred to H.M. Inspector— | ||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 1 | 11 | 42 | .... | ... | 54 |
| Want of Ventilation | ... | 7 | 12 | ... | 1 | 20 |
| Overcrowding | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Failure to affix Abstract | ... | 96 | 32 | ... | ... | 128 |
| Other Nuisances | ... | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector— | ||||||
| Notified by H.M. Inspector | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| Reports sent to H.M. Inspector | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| Other matters | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Notices served— | ||||||
| Factories—Intimations | ... | 101 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 205 |
| Statutory | ... | 18 | 39 | ... | ... | 57 |
| Workshops—Intimation | ... | 202 | 81 | 12 | 20 | 315 |
| Statutory | 18 | 113 | 72 | 2 | ... | 205 |
| Workplaces, &c.—Intimation | 111 | ... | ... | 4 | 35 | 150 |
| Statutory | 66 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 66 |
| Orders required from Sanitary Committee | 108 | 132 | 1ll | ... | ... | 351 |
| Certificates for Cleansing issued by Medical Officer of Health | 61 | 38 | 24 | ... | ... | 123 |
| Matters referred to District Inspectors | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 52 |
| Matters referred to Women Inspectors | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Matters referred to Workshop Inspectors | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| Cases reported for Legal Proceedings | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Legal Proceedings taken | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
* Inspector Dunworth, Military Duties (Mobilised 5th August, 1914).
SANITARY DEFECTS IN FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS NOTIFIED
IN 1914 BY H.M, INSPECTOR OF FACTORIES.
Complaints were received from H.M. Inspector in respect of 20 matters which were
all disposed of before the end of the year or early in the year 1915.
As previously mentioned, when dirty conditions or want of ventilation, &c., in
Factories are observed, H.M. Inspector is at once notified of the fact—any necessary
work being carried out under his immediate supervision.