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 Mitcham]
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Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
Want of cleanliness | 12 | 12 | |||
Want of ventilation | ... | ... | |||
Overcrowding | ... | ... | |||
Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | |||
Other nuisances | 15 | 15 | |||
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 3 | 3 | ||
unsuitable or defective | 11 | 11 | |||
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 | 41 | 41 | Nil | Nil |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under
the Public Health Acts.