[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1903
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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In connection with schools, notices were given in 30 cases, the defects were remedied during the year 1903 in 13, while 15 have been remedied during the present year, and 2 still remain unremedied in May, 1904. In addition, 13 notices were given to cleanse or limewash, 5 were carried out during the year, and 8 have since been done. Five houses visited for infectious disease were cleansed and limewashed after notice had been given. Workplaces.—The inspections made of the houses of out¬ workers are given in table Va. In connection with this work 75 ordinary notices were given, in 65 the work was carried out during 1903, and in 10 during the present year. In addition to these, 157 notices for cleansing or whitewashing were issued, and the work was carried out in every case but one during the year. In that instance the notice lapsed because the occupier had removed. In addition to the work given in table Va., showing the visits paid in connection with the outworkers, 992 inspections were made of workshops either on the register or to be put upon the register. These inspections are included in those given in tables IV. and V. In addition to these there were visits of inspection to the number of 1,375 workshops and workplaces. These latter are not included in either table IV. or V., being chiefly visits to see whether the orders given had been carried out, and not complete inspections of the workplaces. Notices for cleansing or limewashing were made in the case of 390 workshops. Work of this kind was carried out in 354 cases, and since the close of 1903 in 22 further cases the work ordered has been done. In 14 cases the work lapsed because the workplaces changed hands or were closed. Notices were given for other causes, including 14 for overcrowding, 8 for deficient ventilation, in all 102 cases. A further notice was held back because the occupier ceased to employ women ; in 3 the work was not carried out as the workshop was closed.