Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1935
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2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutionswere instituted. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | 6 | 6 | — | - |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
Other nuisances | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Sanitary accommodation:— | ||||
Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
Unsuitable or defective | — | — | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | ||||
Illegal occupation of under ground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | - |
Other offences | — | — | — | — |
(Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections men tioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Fac tories and Workshops Trans fer of Powers) Order, 1921). | ||||
Total | 14 | 14 | — | — |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the F'actory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
3.—Home Work.
Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in UnwholesomePremises, Section 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises, Sees. 109, 110 | ||||||||||
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Lists received from Employers. | Number of Addresses of outworkers received from other Councils | Number of Addresses of outworkersforwarded to other Councils | Prosecutions. | No. of Inspections ofOutworkers Premises. | ||||||||
Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (Sec. 109). | Prosecutions(Sec. 109, 110) | |||||||
Lists. | ChelseaOutworkers. | |||||||||||
1934 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 156 | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1935 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 164 | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |