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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wood Green 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, LAUNDRIES,
AND HOMEWORK.
1.—Inspection.
Including Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers Prosecuted. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories— (Including Factory Laundries) | 9 | 2 | — |
| Workshops— (Including Workshop Laundries) | 205 | 5 | — |
| Workplaces— (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | 1558 | 5 | — |
| Total | 1772 | 12 | — |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 8 | 8 | — | — |
| Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of Drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other Nuisances | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Not separate for Sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts— | ||||
| Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse(s. 101) | — | — | — | — |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921) | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 14 | 14 | — | — |