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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
Marylebone 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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The total number of v1s1ts to workshops and workplaces dur1ng the year was 4,773
3,698 by the women and 1,075 by the men 1nspectors. The number of defects found
and remed1ed and of not1ces served 1s shown 1n the Home Off1ce return.
The compla1nts rece1ved numbered 25.
1.—1NSPECT1ON
| Prem1ses. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1nspect1ons. | Wr1tten Not1ces. | Prosecut1ons. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factor1es (1nclud1ng Factory Laundr1es.) | 33 | 4 | . |
| Workshops (1nclud1ng Workshop Laundr1es.) | 3,788 | 141 | . |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers. prem1ses 1ncluded 1n Part 3 of th1s Report.) | 952 | 80 | • |
| Total | 4,773 | 225 | — |
2.— DEFECTS FOUND.
| Part1culars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecut1ons. | |||
| Found. | Kemeched. | Kef erred to H.M. 1nspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Nu1sances under the Publ1c Health Acts | |||||
| Want of cleanl1ness | 116 | 116 | - | - | |
| Want of vent1lat1on | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
| Overcrowd1ng | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
| Want of dra1nage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Other nu1sances | — | — | — | — | |
| San1tary accommodat1on | 1nsuff1c1ent | 5 | 4 | — | — |
| unsu1table or defect1ve not separate for | 20 12 | 20 12 | |||
| sexes | |||||
| 1llegal occupat1on of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of spec1al san1tary requ1rements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100). | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
| Other offences | — | — | - | — | |
| (Exclud1ng offences relat1ng to outwork wh1ch are 1ncluded 1n Part 3 of th1s Report.) | |||||
| Total | 176 | 175 | - | — | |