Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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3.—Other Matters.
Class. | Number. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— | |||
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | — | ||
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 | 84 (Referring to 132VVorkshops) | |
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 13 (Referring to l32 Workshops) | ||
Other | — | ||
Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | |||
Certificates granted during 1905 | — | ||
In use at the end of 1905 | 45 | ||
Homework:— | Number of | ||
Lists of Outworkers1 (S. 107):— | |||
Lists received | 31 | | 629 | |
Addresses of Outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities | 494 | |
received from other Authorities | 1305 | ||
Homework in unwholesome or infected premises:— | Wearing Apparel; | Other | |
Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | — | — | |
Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | 62 | 13 | |
Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | — | — | |
Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1904. | |||
Workshop Laundries | 32 | ||
Workshop Bakehouses | 75 | ||
Other Workshops and Workplaces | 1186 | ||
Total number of workshops on Register | 1293 |
*The lists should be received twice in the year. The year's figures in the table are those
obtained by adding together the two half-yearly totals.