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 Southgate]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR.
On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection
with
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.
1.—INSPECTION.
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) | 24 | — | — |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 106 | 12 | — |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises, included in Part 3 of this Report) | 18 | — | — |
Total | 148 | 12 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
(D | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Want of Cleanliness | 4 | 4 | — | — | |
Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
Want of Drainage of Floors | — | — | — | — | |
Other Nuisances | — | — | — | — | |
Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
Unsuitable or Defective | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
Not separate for sexes. | — | — | — | — | |
Illegal occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
Other Offences | — | — | — | — | |
(Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report). | |||||
Total | 18 | 18 | — | — |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8 or the Factory and
Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
† Section 22 of the Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act, 1890, was adopted
in 1890.