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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 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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DEFECTS REMEDIED. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces, &c.—Special. Inspector Gathercole.Inspectors.West District. Inspector McGrath.Totals.
East District. Inspector Robinson.
Want of Cleanliness1195878
Want of Ventilation...5510
Overcrowding....224
Want of Drainage of Floors............
Other Nuisances, &c.l5070121
Storage Cistern defective............
Accommodation for Refuse............
Accumulation of Refuse............
Sanitary AccommodationInsufficient (Tenancies)...1...1
Unsuitable (Do.)...32831
Defective (Do.)...80106186
Do. (No. of Conveniences)*...150175325
Not separate for Sexes (Tenancies)...151227
Total Defects remedied2175281458
OUTWORKERS.
Lists received from City Firms1,391......1,391
Names and Addresses, &c., received from other Authorities360......360
Names and Addresses transmitted to other Authorities12,061......12,061
Notices served on Employers2,029......2,029
Letters written, &c.69......69
Firms visited141......141
Lists not kept by Employers...201434
,, ,, forwarded ,,...201434
Workshops notified by H.M. Inspector...204262
General complaints received2131631
Miscellaneous Visits2867176271
ACTION TAKEN. Matters referred to H.M. Inspector—
Want of Cleanliness...134
Want of Ventilation............
Overcrowding............
Want of Drainage of Floors............
Failure to affix Abstract...162541
Other Nuisances...123
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector—
Notified by H.M. Inspector...202949
Reports sent to H.M. Inspector...202949
Other matters............
Notices served—
Factories—Intimation...61016
Statutory......1010
Workshops—Intimation...212546
Statutory...162642
Workplaces, &c.—Intimation2...24
Statutory............
Orders required from Sanitary Committee2153552
Certificates for Cleansing issued by Medical Officer of Health231419
Matters referred to District Inspectors...516
Matters referred to Woman Inspector............
Matters referred to Workshop Inspectors............
Cases reported for Legal Proceedings...224
Legal Proceedings taken.............
INSPECTION OF OUTWORKERS' PREMISES AND DOMESTIC WORKSHOPS. Registered Workshops at which Outwork is received—
Inspections...5474128
Defects found...302656
Defects remedied...30939
Outworkers' Premises—(Tenancies not registered as Workshops)
Inspections............
Defects found............
Defects remedied.............
Domestic Workshops at which Outwork is received—
Inspections............
Defects found.............
Defects remedied.............
Domestic Workshops which do not receive Outwork—
Inspections.............
Defects found..............
Defects remedied..............
Places from which "work is given out," but which are not registered as factories or workshops-
Inspections...134
Defects found...............
Defects remedied............
* Figures not included in total defects found or remedied.