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City of London 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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PART VIII OF THE ACT
Outwork (Sections 133 and 134)
| Section 133 | Section 134 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature of Work | No. of outworkers in August list required by Section 133 (1)(c) | No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council | No.of prosecutions for failure to supply lists | No.of instances of work in unwholesome premises | Notices served | Prosecutions |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Wearing apparel (Making, etc.) | 249 | – | – | – | – | – |
| TOTAL | 249 | – | – | – | – | – |
OUTWORK AND THE INSPECTION OF OUTWORKERS' PREMISES, ETC.
Lists received from City Firms employing outworkers 36
Names and addresses of outworkers resident in the City received from other Authorities 15
Names and addresses of outworkers resident outside the City, employed by City firms,
transmitted to other Authorities 249
No case of infectious disease was reported in connection with outworkers' premises in the
City.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES
The general sanitary supervision has been maintained and in this connection 5,671 inspections
have been made. As a consequence of these inspections, it was necessary to serve 3
Intimation Notices.
Tenement Houses were inspected ana tne only common lodging house in the City was kept
under regular supervision.
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
The measurement of atmospheric pollution has continued during 1966. The volumetric apparatus
which was taken out of service at Golden Lane in June 1965 was installed and put into
operation in the Public Services Building, Milton Court at the beginning of this year. The past
five years figures at Golden Lane are quoted in Tables II and III for comparison with the new
station at the Public Services Building which i s situated approximately 200 yards away from Golden
Lane.
Daily readings are taken at the volumetric stations and the information is collated at the
central office in Guildhall where the smoke stains are 'read' on a photo-electric reflectometer
and forms are completed and returned to the Ministry of Technology, Warren Spring Laboratory at
Stevenage where similar information is received from all over the country.
The results of the atmospheric pollution investigations carried out by this department are
set out in the following tables:—
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