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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 1933
[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. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 170 | 2 | 0 |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 200 | 4 | 0 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 382 | 6 | 0 |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Nuisances under the publis Health Acts:-* | |||||
| Want of cleanlines | 18 | 18 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of Drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient unsuitable or defective | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| 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). | 5 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 41 | 5 | — | |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.