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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hornsey 1931
[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) | 164 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 271 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 485 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES. | |||||||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 22 | 22 | — | — | |||
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |||
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |||
| Want of Drainage of floors Other nuisances | — | — | — | — | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient unsuitable or de fective | 4 | 4 | - | - | ||
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | - | |||
| 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 | 27 | 27 | — | — | |||
Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
as remediable under the Public Health Act6.