Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910
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2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Particulais. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
Want of cleanliness | 40 | 40 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — |
Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
Other nuisances | 5 | 5 | — | — |
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | 2 | — | — | |
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 5 | 5 | — | — |
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — | — |
Total | 60 | 60 | — | — |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Work
shop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.