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, AND OTHER PREMISES. 1.- INSPECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises | Number on Register | Inspections | Number of | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Written Notices | Occupiers prosecuted | ||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||
FACTORIES: | |||||||||
Kith mechanical power | 568 | 454 | 42 | - | |||||
Without mechanical power | 207 | 179 | 8 | - | |||||
OTHER PREMISES, under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction rat not including outworkers premises) | 79 | 99 | - | ||||||
TOTAL | 854 | 732. | 50 | - | |||||
2. - DEFECTS FOUND | |||||||||
Particulars | Number of Defects | Referred to H. P. Inspector | No. of defects in respect of which prosecut ions were instituted | ||||||
Found | Remedi ed | Referred by H. M. Inspector | |||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | ||||
lant of cleanliness (S.1) | 32 | 29 | - | 8 | - | ||||
Overcrowding (S. 2) | - | - | - | - | -— | ||||
Unreasonable Temperature (S. 3) | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | - | ||||
Inadequate ventilation (S. 4) | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Ineffective drainage of floors (S. 6) | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | ||||
Sanitary Conveniences (S. 7) Insufficient | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - | ||||
Unsuitable or defective | 37 | 31 | - | 18 | - | ||||
Not separate for sexes | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - | ||||
Other offences (Not including offences relating to Home Work or offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921, and re-enacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act 1937) | 23 | 19 | 1 | - | - | ||||
TOTAL | 106 | 92 | 1 | 35 | - |