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Hornsey 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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ANNUAL REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR 1904, FOR THE BOROUGH OF HORNSEY.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND HOME WORK.
1.— INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of
Nuisances.
| Premises. | Numberof | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories | 47 | 4 | 0 |
| (Including Factory Laundries.) Workshops | 380 | 46 | 0 |
| (Including Workshop Laundries). Workplaces | 44 | 13 | 0 |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 99 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 570 | 67 | 0 |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Numb( r of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H M. Inspector. | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Want of ventilation | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overcrowding | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Other nuisances | 41 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||
| †Sanitary accommodations | insufficient | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| unsuitable or de fective | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Illegal occupation ot underground bakehouse (S 101) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Breach of special sanitary require ments for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Failure as regards lists of outworkers (S. 107) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Giving out work to be done in premises which are | unwholesome (S. 108) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| infected (S. 110) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or smallpox (S 109) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Other offences | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 124 | 124 | 0 | 0 | ||
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable
under the Public Health Acts.
†For districts not in London state here whether Section 22 of the Public Health
Acts Amendment Act, 1S90, has been adopted by the District Council; and, if so, what
standard of sufficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation for persons employed
in factories and workshops has been enforced.