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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
Acton 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories :— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 22 | |||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public-Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (s. 5). | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 23 | ||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H. M. Inspectors | 23 | |||
| Other | 9 | |||
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— In use during 1903 | 8 | |||
| Certificates granted | in 1903 | 18 | ||
| in 1904 | ||||
| In use at the end of 1904 | 8 | |||
| Homework:— | Number of | |||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | |||
| Lists received | 153 | 368 | ||
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other authorities | 9 | ||
| received from other authorities | 18 | |||
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | |||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (s. 108) | — | — | ||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in home-workers' premises | 2 | 2 | ||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (s. 110) | — | — | ||