London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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West Ham 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Factory and Workshops Act Summary.
No. of Workshops on Register 463
„ ,, inspected 400
,, ,, revisited 156
„ Factories inspected 50
„ „ revisited 18
Nuisances dealt with in connection with Factories,
Workshops, and Home workers'dwellings 1,115
Workshops notified to the Home Office 76
No. of Notices served re Workshops 71
„ „ „ Factories 12
Total No. of Homeworkers notified during year 2,170
No. of Lists received 53
No. of Homeworkers'dwellings inspected 350
,, Notices served 80
Addresses of Homeworkers forwarded to other authorities 474
Addresses received from other authorities 1,179
Nuisances dealt with in connection with
Workshops.
Defective and dirty walls 275
Failure to affix Abstract 76
Failure to keep list of homeworkers 35
Failure to send in list of homeworkers 6
Defective flooring 30
,, water fittings 25
,, eaves, guttering and stack pipes 15
„ roofs 13
„ banisters 12
„ stairs 10
„ windows and sash lines 9
Carried forward 506