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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
Holborn 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Factories
These visits also afforded an opportunity for extending and revising information
relating to "factories" in the Borough At the end of the year 476 factories were
on the register Workshops are automatically converted, at a very small cost, into
factories by the installation of a small electric motor; the health conditions then may
no longer be inspected by the Borough Council's staff except as regards sanitary
accommodation
The 476 factories include 57 different industries In 233 cases men only were
employed, in 17 women only, and in 226 both sexes
The more important industries carried on in these factories are :—
Printing 119
Engineering 46
Jewellers' work 23
Bookbinding 19
Metal work 10
The following is a summary in tabular form of the work done by the Inspectors in factories, workshops and workplaces in the year 1934:—
| Mr. Bennett. | Mr. Clark. | Mr. Larard | Miss Charles-worth. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories— | ||||||
| Inspections | 34 | 40 | 324 | 3 | 401 | |
| Re-inspections | 4 | 5 | 19 | - | 28 | |
| Workshops— | ||||||
| Inspections | 75 | 94 | 271 | 29 | 469 | |
| Re-inspections | 9 | 10 | 58 | 3 | 80 | |
| Workplaces— | ||||||
| Inspections | 58 | 85 | 81 | - | 224 | |
| Re-inspections | 45 | 62 | 125 | - | 232 | |
| Offices— | ||||||
| Inspections | 14 | 3 | 20 | - | 37 | |
| Re-inspections | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Bakehouses— | ||||||
| Inspections | 23 | 22 | 6 | - | 51 | |
| Re-inspections | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Restaurants— | ||||||
| Inspections | 120 | 104 | 227 | - | 451 | |
| Re-inspections | 4 | 20 | 16 | - | 40 | |
| Licensed Premises— | ||||||
| Inspections | - | 1 | - | 2 | ||
| Re-inspections | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Defects Found— | ||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 5 | 14 | 18 | - | 39 | |
| ,, ventilation | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Overcrowding | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Storage cistern defective | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Accommodation for refuse | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Accumulation of refuse | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | 9 | |
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Unsuitable | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Defective | 3 | 8 | 3 | - | 14 | |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Other nuisances | 12 | 29 | 22 | - | 63 | |
| Total defects | 26 | 59 | 55 | - | 142 | |