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Hornsey 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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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 oopy 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) | |||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | |||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | |||
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 6 | _ | — | ||
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | _ | |
| Overcrowding | 0 | 0 | _ | _ | |
| Want of Drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 7 | 7 | _ | _ | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 3 | 3 | _ | _ |
| unsuitable or defective | 12 | 12 | _ | ||
| not separate for sexes | 0 | 0 | _ | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Seotions mentioned in the Sohedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921). | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Total | 29 | 29 | — | — | |
'Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, lfcOl,
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.