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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hampstead 1919
Report for the year 1919 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
1.—Inspection of Factories, s, and Workplaces. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 4 | — | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 183 | 3 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers premises included in Part 3 of thid Report) | 1945 | 15 | — |
| Total | 2.32 | 18 | — |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | — | — | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | — | — | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| *Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 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) | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Total | 15 | 14 | — | — | |
* This matter was sub judice at the close of the year.