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Tottenham 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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34
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. —Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Faotories (including Factory Laun dries)30225-
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)31122
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report)..20213
Total81560

2.— Defects Found.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Numbei of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*—
Want of cleanliness4142f
Want of ventilation33
Overcrowding
Want of drainage of floors11-
Other nuisances1917
Sanitary ???ccommodationinsufficient--
unsuitable or defective1111-
not separate for sexes
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)
Total7574
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts, †Including one notice served in 1935.