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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE I.—FACTORIES AND WORKPLACES.
The following is a summary of the result of inspections made at Factories, 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 Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (with mechanical power) | 94 | 9 | 0 |
| Factories (without mechanical power) | 84 | 6 | 0 |
| Other premises (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises) | 64 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 242 | 15 | 0 |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 11 | 11 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Unreasonable temperature | — | — | — | — | |
| Inadequate ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Ineffective Drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Sanitary conveniences | insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or de fective | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Other offences (Not Including offences relating to Homework or offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921 and re-enacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1937). | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 15 | 15 | — | — | |