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 Holborn Borough]
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PREMISES. | Number of | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |||||
Intimations. | Statutory. | ||||||
Factories | 657 | 14 | 2 | ... | |||
Workshops | 623 | 47 | 5 | ... | |||
Workplaces | 3,768 | 65 | 16 | ... | |||
Total | 4,948 | 126 | 23 | ... | |||
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||||
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to h.m. Inspector. | |||||
*Nuisances under the Public Health Acts: | |||||||
Want of cleanliness | 32 | 32 | ... | ... | |||
Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |||
Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Other nuisances | 71 | 71 | ... | ... | |||
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ||
unsuitable or defective | 35 | 35 | ... | ... | |||
not separate for sexes | 12 | 12 | ... | ... | |||
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act : | |||||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
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) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Total | 152. | 152 | ... | ... |
* Including those specified in Suctions 2. 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.