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 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
(1) | |||
Factories | 96 | – | |
Workshops | 448 | 21 | – |
Workplaces | 1545 | 25 | – |
Total | 2089 | 52 | – |
2.-Defects found in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred toH.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
(1) | (2) | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 55 | 55 | |||
Want of ventilation | 22 | 22 | - | - | |
Overcrowding | 1 | - | |||
Want of drainage of floors | _ | - | _ | _ | |
Other nuisances | 43 | 43 | - | - | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | - | - |
unsuitable or defective | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | |
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | - | - | -_ | - | |
Other offences | - | - | - | - | |
Total | 134 | 134 | - | - |