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 Merton & Morden]
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Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 49 | 2 | - |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 32 | - | |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | — | — | — |
Total | 81 | 2 | — |
2. Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | N umber 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 | 2 | 2 | — | - |
Want of ventilation | — | — | — | - |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | - |
Want of drainage of floors | - | - | - | - |
Other nuisances | — | — | - | - |
Sanitary accommodation Insufficient | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Not separate for sexes | — | — | - | — |
Offences under the I1 actory 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 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the
Public Health Acts.
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