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

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Holborn 1910

Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health

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TABLE IX. FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. 1.—Inspection. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Intimations.Statutory.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)107246_
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)6808213
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises included in Part 3 of this Report)2,44417820
Total3,23128439
2.—Defects Found.
ParticularsNumber of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.RemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector.
*Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—
Want of cleanliness6262—__
Want of ventilation1616_
Overcrowding22
Want of drainage of floors
Other nuisances146146_
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient11
unsuitable or defective7171
not separate for sexes1212
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:-Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (8. 101)
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (88. 97 to 100)88
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report)
Total318318

* Including those specified n Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the
Public Health Acts.