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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE J._FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. The following is a summary of the result of inspections made at Factories, Workshops and Workplaces during the year, with a list of Outworkers' premises, a copy of which has been forwarded to the Home Office, as required.
None of the Outworkers premises was found to be in an unwholesome condition.
Premises. | Number of | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written | Prosecutions. | ||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||||
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 316 | 9 | 0 | |||||
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 521 | 17 | 0 | |||||
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers'premises) | 54 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Total | 891 | 28 | 0 |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
16 | 16 | - | - | ||
Want of ventilation | — | - | — | — | |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
Want of Drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
Other nuisances | 12 | 12 | — | — | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | — | — | _ | - |
unsuitable or defective | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
not separate for sexes | — | - | - | — | |
- | - | - | - | ||
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921). | - | - | - | - | |
Total | 28 | 28 | — | — |
•Including those pecified in sections' 2, 3. 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.