London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hornsey 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
This page requires JavaScript
FACTORIES ACT, 1937
The following tables show the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspector under this Act:—
1 . Inspections of Factories
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories with Mechanical Power | 190 | 8 | NIL |
| Factories without Mechanical Power | 54 | 2 | |
| TOTALS | 244 | 10 | NIL |
2. Defects Found
| Particulars | No. of defects | Referred to H.M. Inspector | Number of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 1 | 1 | NIL | NIL |
| Overcrowding | — | — | ||
| Unreasonable Temperature | — | — | ||
| Inadequate ventilation | — | — | ||
| Ineffective drainage of floors | — | — | ||
| Sanitary Conveniences | ||||
| (a) insufficient | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 16 | |||
| (c) not separate for sexes | — | — | ||
| Other offences | 1 | 1 | ||
| TOTALS | 19 | 19 | NIL | NIL |
There are 224 Outworkers on the register engaged in the following
occupations:—
Wearing apparel 163
Curtains and furniture hangings 1
Brass and brass articles 1
Artificial flowers 10
Paper bags 1
The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts
thereof made wholly or partially of paper 11
Brush making 3
Feather sorting 5
Carding, etc. of buttons etc 4
Stuffed toys 22
Cosaques, Christmas crackers, Christmas stockings etc. 2
Lampshades 1
86 visits were paid to outworkers' premises during the year.
50