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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE 11.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 557 | 73 | - |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 202 | 10 | - |
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises) | 260 | 21 | - |
| Total | 1,019 | 104 | - |
TABLE 12.
| Particulars. | Number of defects. | Number of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 35 | 35 | - | - | |
| Want of ventilation | 11 | 11 | - | - | |
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Other nuisances ... | 20 | 20 | - | - | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| unsuitable or defective | 15 | 15 | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921.) | 14 | 14 | - | - | |
| Total | 106 | 106 | - | - | |