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 Lambeth Borough]
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Home Office Table. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. 1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces (Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances)
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 374 | 31 | — |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 385 | 35 | — |
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 492 | 1 | — |
Total | 1,251 | 67 | — |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
Particulars | Number of Defects | Number ol offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
Want of cleanliness | 131 | 131 | – | – |
Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Overcrowding | — | — | – | – |
Want of drainage of floors | 6 | 6 | – | – |
Other nuisances | 30 | 30 | – | – |
Sanitary accommodation— Insufficient | 4 | 4 | – | – |
Unsuitable or defective | 56 | 56 | – | – |
Not separate for sexes | 5 | 5 | – | – |
– | – | |||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | – | – | – | – |
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule of the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921) | 8 | 8 | ||
Total | 243 | 243 | – | – |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, a3 remediable under the Public Health Acts.