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Southgate 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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ANNUAL REPORT, 1934
On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in
connection with

Table: Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.1.—INSPECTION,Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.

1.—INSPECTION,

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
1933193419331934
Factories (including Factory Laundries)3455883634..
Workshops(including Workshop Laundries)3464552538..
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises, included in Part 3 of this Report)4865107..
Total75711087179..

Table: 2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars.Number of Defects
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.No. of Prosecutions.
1933193419331934
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—*
Want of Cleanliness80828582....
Want of Ventilation............
Overcrowding............
Want of Drainage of Floors............
Other Nuisances262292....
†Sanitary AccommodationInsufficient....
Unsuitable or Defective20412540....
Not separate for sexes1....1......
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:—
Illegal occupation of Underground Bakehouses (8. 101)............
Breach of special sanitary requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100)............
Other Offences............
(Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.)
Total127125140124....

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*Including those specified in Sections 2,3,7 and 8 of 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.
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