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 Barnet Urban District Council]
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FACTORIES, WORKS HOPS AMD WORKPLACES Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises. | Inspections | No. of written notices. | Prosecutions. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
Factories (including Factory laundries) | 23 | 2 | – | |
Workshops (including Bakehouses and Workshop laundries) | 51 | 7 | _ | |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 2 | - | - | |
Total. | 76 | 9 | - | |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIFS, WOKIBHOPS AND WORKPLACES. | ||||
Particulars. (1) | Number of Found. (2) | Dofec by Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | Number of Prosecutions. (5) |
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts. | ||||
Want of Cleanliness. | 6 | 6 | – | - |
Want of Ventilation. | - | - | - | - |
Ov e r c r owd ing. | - | - | - | - |
Want of Drainage of Floors. | - | - | – | - |
Other Nuisances. | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Sanitary Accommodation. | ||||
Insufficient. | - | — | - | – |
Unsuitable or Defective | . 1 | 1 | - | |
Not separate for sexes. | - | - | - | - |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts. | ||||
Illegal occupation of underground Bakehouses,S.101. | – | - | - | - |
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factory & Workshop Transfer of Powers) Order 19S1). | ||||
Insufficient Fire Escape | – | _ | — | — |
- | - | - | - | |
Total. | 9 | 9 | – | - |