[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 191

Islington 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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191 [1914

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SECRETARY OF STATE'S RETURNS

on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act. 1901, in connection with

FACTORIES. WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK.

1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.	Number of
(1)	Inspections. (2)	Written Notices. (3)	Prosecutions. (4)
Factories (Including Factory Laundries)	337	6	Nil
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries)	1,002	49	,,
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report)	1,189	85	,,
Miscellaneous Re-inspections	4,291	,,	,,
Total	6,819	140	Nil

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2 -DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Particulars.		Number of Defects.			Number of Prosecutions.
Particulars.		Found.	Remedied.	Referred to H.M.	Number of Prosecutions.
(1)		(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—*
Want of cleanliness		266	252	Nil	Nil
Want of ventilation		9	8	,,	,,
Overcrowding		7	7	,,	,,
Want of drainage of floors		..	..	,,	,,
Other nuisances		173	171	,,	,,
Sanitary Accommodation	insufficient	27	25	,,	,,
	unsuitable or defective	294	283	,,	,,
	not separate for sexes	13	12	,,	,,
0ffences 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		789	758	Nil	Nil

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* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.