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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
Tottenham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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40
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 Act—
in the form prescribed by the Home Office:—
1.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 311 | 21 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 379 | 21 | — |
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 227 | 10 | — |
| Total | 917 | 52 | — |
2.—
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 37 | 36 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 15 | 15 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| unsuitable or defective | 9 | 9 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | - | - | _ | — | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Total | 65 | 64 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Work
shop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.