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
Fulham 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE A.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK
| PREMISES. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 102 | 26 | - |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 401 | 105 | 1 |
| Workplaces | 380 | 10S | 1 |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 101 | 15 | - |
| Total | 984 | 254 | 2 |
2.— DEFECTS FOUND.
| PARTICULARS. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts. | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 148 | 138 | - | - | |
| Want of Ventilation | 5 | 5 | — | - | |
| Overcrowding | 8 | 8 | — | - | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| Other Nuisances | - | - | - | - | |
| Sanitary Accommodations | Insufficient | 8 | 8 | - | 1 |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Not Separate for Sexes | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act. | |||||
| Illegal occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Failure as regard Lists of Outworkers (s. 107) | 32 | 32 | — | — | |
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are | Unwholesome (s. 108) | - | - | - | - |
| infected (s. 110) | - | - | - | - | |
| Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in Premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Small-pox (s. 109) | - | - | - | - | |
| Other offences | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 209 | 198 | - | 2 | |