Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACTS, 1901 AND 1907.
A register of all workshops is kept, and at the end of 1923 there
were 89 workshops, 31 workplaces, 2 laundries, and 55 bakehouses
registered.
The following tables give details of the work done in connection with these places:—
Inspections.
Premises. | Number of | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 111 | — | — | |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 151 | — | — | |
Workplaces | 67 | — | — | |
Bakehouses | 181 | — | — | |
Total | 510 | — | — |
Defects Found.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
Want of Cleanliness | 4 | 4 | _ | — |
Want of Ventilation | _ | _ | — | — |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
Want of Drainage of Floors | — | — | — | |
Other Nuisances | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Sanitary Accommodation:— | ||||
Insufficient | _ | _ | _ | — |
Unsuitable or Defective | 4 | 4 | _ | — |
Not separate for'sexes | — | — | — | — |
Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts:— | ||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | — | — | — | — |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 32 | 32 | — | — |
Other Offences | — | — | — | — |
Totals | 41 | 41 | — | — |