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 Leyton]
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Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces &
Homework.
1. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
Factories— | |||
Including Factory Laundries | 666 | 13 | ... |
Workshops— | 293 | 32 | ... |
Including Workshop Laundries | |||
Workplaces— | |||
Other than Outworkers premises included in Part 5 of this Report | |||
959 | 45 |
2. DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | ||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— | |||
Want of Cleanliness | 23 | 15 | |
„ Ventilation | 1 | - | |
Overcrowding | — | — | |
Want of Drainage of Floors | 2 | 3 | |
Other nuisances | 7 | 10 | |
Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | 2 | 1 |
Unsuitable or defective | 8 | 8 | |
Not separate for sexes | — | — | |
Offences under Factory and Workshop Acts:— | |||
Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (S. 101) | - | - | |
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (S.S. 97 to 100) | 19 | 19 | |
Other Offences— | |||
Excluding offences relating to Outwork which are included in Part 5 of this Report | — | — | |
62 | 56 |