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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

Edmonton 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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91
I.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS
AND WORKPLACES.

Table: Including inspections made by sanitary inspectors (male and female).

Including inspections made by sanitary inspectors (male and female).

Premises.Number of Inspections.Number of Written Notices.
Factories (including factory laundries)52—
Workshops24421
(including workshop laundries)
Workplaces
(other than outworkers' premises included in Part III. of this Report)
Totals29621

Table: 11.— DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

11.— DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Particulars.Number of Defects.
Found.Remedied.
Nuisances Under the Public Health Acts:
Want of cleanliness1724
Want of ventilation10
Overcrowding33
Want of drainage of floors--
Other nuisances6370
Sanitary accommodation:
Insufficient——
Unsuitable or defective120122
Not separate for sexes01
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses——
1413
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork)——
Total218233