London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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2. Guarding of Machinery. The small hand operated guillotine is the most common unguarded
machine found in offices. Difficulty in obtaining suitable guards for such machines is a
common complaint by occupiers and indeed stationers rarely stock such machines with
adequate guards.
Currently the greatest problem under this section is the guarding of lift wells and dangerous
parts of lift machinery in lift motor rooms.
The investigation of accidents is time consuming and no major contraventions of the provisions
of the Act have as yet been brought to light by such investigations.
TABLE A
REGISTRATIONS AND GENERAL INSPECTIONS
| TOTALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Offices | 211 | 6,188 | 59 |
| Retail shops | 112 | 948 | 191 |
| Wholesale shops, warehouses | 39 | 762 | 113 |
| Catering establishments open to the public, canteens | 23 | 508 | 84 |
| Fuel storage depots | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Class of premises | Numbe r of premises registered during the year | Total number of regis tered premises at end of year | Number of registered premises receiving a general inspection during the year. |
TABLE B
NUMBER OF VISITS OF ALL KINDS BY INSPECTORS TO REGISTERED PREMISES
| 3,280 |
TABLE C
ANALYSIS OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN REGISTERED PREMISES BY WORKPLACE
| Class of Workplace | Number of persons employed | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Offices | 233,159 | |
| Retail Shops | 4,724 | |
| Wholesale departments, warehouses | 7,278 | |
| Catering establishments open to the public | 6,527 | |
| Canteens | 4,068 | |
| Fuel storage depots | 12 | |
| Total | 255,768 | |
| Total Males | 153,085 | |
| Total Females | 102,683 | |