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 Fulham Borough]
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INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 744 | 82 | — |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 347 | 42 | — |
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 494 | 72 | — |
Total __ | 1585 | 196 | — |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
Want of cleanliness | 135 | 135 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | 7 | 6 | 1 | -_ |
Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
Other nuisances | 93 | 91 | 2 | _ |
Sanitary accommodation:— | ||||
insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | _ |
unsuitable or defective | 119 | 119 | — | _ |
not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Illegal occupation of under-ground bakehouse (s.101) | _ | _ | - | - |
Other offences | - | - | — | — |
(Excluding offences re-lating to outwork and offences under the Sec-tions mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921) | ||||
Total | 360 | 357 | 3 | — |