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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ANNUAL REPORT, 1937
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. | Number of | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. 1937 1936 | Written Notices. 1937 1936 | Prosecutions. | |||
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 550 | 415 | 26 | 31 | .. |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 259 | 251 | 29 | 21 | .. |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises, included in Part 3 of this Report) | 10 | 18 | 1 | .. | .. |
Total | 819 | 684 | 56 | 52 | .. |
2—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars | Number of Defects | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | No. of Prosecution | ||||
1937 | 1936 | 1937 | 1936 | ||||
Want of Cleanliness | 70 | 39 | 70 | 39 | .. | .. | |
Want of Ventilation | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Overcrowding | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |
Want of Drainage of Floors | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Nuisances | 19 | 13 | 21 | 11 | .. | .. | |
† Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Unsuitable or Defective | 14 | 11 | 15 | 10 | .. | .. | |
Not separate for sexes | |||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Illegal occupation of Underground Bakehouses (s. 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.) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Total | 107 | 64 | 107 | 61 | 2 | . . |
*Including those specified in Sections 2,3,7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act as remediable under the Publio Health Acts.
† Section 22 of the Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act, 1890, was
adopted in 1890.
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