Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927
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Factories, Workshops, Workplaces
and Homework,
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 962 | 105 | - |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1,034 | 94 | - |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in the Table on page 94) | 2,337 | 83 | - |
Total | 4,333 | 282 | - |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
Particulars. | Found on Inspection. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
Want of Cleanliness | 156 | 155 | Nil. | - | |
Want of Ventilation | 9 | 9 | - | ||
Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | - | ||
Want of drainage of floors | 4 | 4 | - | ||
Other nuisances | 132 | 129 | - | ||
Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 4 | 4 | - | |
Unsuitable or defective | 49 | 47 | - | ||
Not separate for the sexes | 7 | 7 | — | ||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (Sec. 101) | - | - | _ | ||
Other Offences (excluding Offences relating to Outworkers which are included in the Table on page 94) | - | - | - | ||
Total | 362 | 356 | - | - |