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Tottenham 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
In compliance with Section 132, I have to submit a resume of the
work effected during the year—under the provisions of the above Actin
the form prescribed by the Home Office:—

1. —Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)30712-
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)36127-
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report)17016-
Total83855

2.— Defects Found.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*—
Want of cleanliness4545
Want of ventilation
Overcrowding
Want of drainage of floors11-
Other nuisances1313
Sanitary accommodation"insufficient----
unsuitable or defective88
not separate for sexes ..11
Offences under the Factory & Workshop Act
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101)----
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report)----
Total6868--
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Work shop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.