Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Premises. | Number of | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 148 | 18 | 1 | _ |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 746 | 121 | 18 | — |
Workplaces | 2,486 | 125 | 22 | - |
Total | 3,380 | 264 | 41 | — |
2.—Defects Found.
Particulars | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
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Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
* Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
Want of cleanliness | 65 | 65 | — | — | |
Want of ventilation | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
Overcrowding | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
Other nuisances | 81 | 81 | — | — | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — |
unsuitable or defective | 53 | 53 | — | — | |
not separate for sexes | 15 | 15 | — | — | |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — | |
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — | — | |
Total | 228 | 228 | — | — |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the
Public Health Acts.
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