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 Purposes.
1.- INSPECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises (1) | Number onRegister(2) | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspec-tions (3) | Written Notices (4) | Occupiers prosecuted (5) | ||
FACTORIES: With Mechanical power | 623 | 373 | 20 | - |
Without mechanical power | 198 | 101 | 7 | _ |
OTHER PREMISES under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises) | 76 | 95 | - | |
TOTAL | 897 | 569 | 27 | - |
2.-DEFECTS FOUND
Particulars | Number of Defects | No.of defects in respect of which prosecutions were instituted | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | Referred by H.M. Inspector | ||
(3) | (4) | (5) | |||
Want of cleanliness (S.1) | 35 | 35 | - | 4 | - |
Overcrowding (S.2) | - | - | - | - | - |
Unreasonable Temperature (S.3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Inadequate ventilation (S.4) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
San it ary Conveniences (S.7) Insufficient | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | - |
Unsuitable or defective | 16 | - | 7 | - | |
Not separate for sexes | - | 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | |
TOTAL | 64 | 64 | 17 |