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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
West Ham 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Factory and Workshops Act, 1901. Section 132
provides that the Medical Officer of Health of every district council
shall in his annual report to them, report specifically on the administration
of this Act in workshops and workplaces, and he shall send a
copy of his annual report, or so much of it as deals with this subject
to the Secretary of State.
The following Tables are intended to cover the above
provision:—
Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1906, for the County Borough of West
Ham, on the administration of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with factories,
workshops, laundries, workplaces, and homework.
1.—INSPECTION.
Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | W ritten Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 50 | 12 | |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 400 | 71 | |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Keport.) | 4 | 2 | |
| Total | 454 | 85 | |