[Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans Urban Sanitary District.

  • St. Albans (England). Urban Sanitary District.
Date:
1904
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Credit: [Report 1904] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans Urban Sanitary District. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    These certificates were given after the Council was satisfied that the bakehouses were suitable for the purpose of baking bread as regards their construction, light, ventilation, etc. A copy of the requirements of the Council is appended to this Report. Factories and Workshops. L nder the Factories and Workshops Act, 1901, I have visited all the Factories and Workshops within the City. As regards the Factories (48 in all) in which mechani¬ cal power is employed, I have to report that they are all very fairly clean and well ventilated, and that the air-space allowed is sufficient. In two cases no sanitary accommodation was provided. Notices have been sent to the proprietors, and they have undertaken to have these defects remedied. The provisions for escape hi case of fire appear to be sufficient. With regard to Workshops and Work-places, which number 121 in all, I found them all with one exception fairly clean, not over-crowded, and sufficiently ventilated. In five cases however no sanitary accommodation was provided. Notices have been sent to the proprietors in these cases, and proper sanitary conveniences will be supplied. In four other instances the accommodation was either unsuitable or defective. Notices were also sent in these cases, and the defects will immediately be remedied. In three other Workshops where persons of both sexes were employed, no separate accommodation was provided. I spoke to the proprietor of one of these establishments, and after some little consideration he agreed to put up another w.c. In the other two cases notices were issued with a satisfactory result, I may mention that the Public Health Amendment Act, 1890, including Section 22, has been adopted by the Council, and that the standard of sufficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation for persons employed in Fac¬ tories and Workshops which is enforced is one w.c. to every 25 or at most 30 persons. I would call the attention of employers of out-workers to the necessity of sending lists of such out-workers, giving their names and addresses, to me or to the Sani¬ tary Inspector. The Act requires this to be done twice a year, say in January and July. 1 have received 15 lists of out-workers containing 207 names.
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