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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
Fulham 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. (Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.) I. Inspection of Factories, Workshops and
Workplaces.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 553 | 42 | - |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 270 | 17 | - |
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises) | 700 | 79 | - |
| Total | 1523 | 138 | |
II. Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | No. of Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 84 | 84 | - | - |
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Overcrowding | — | — | - | - |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | - | - |
| Other nuisances | 141 | 141 | - | - |
| Sanitary accommodation:— | ||||
| Insufficient | 12 | 12 | - | - |
| Unsuitable or defective | 45 | 45 | - | - |
| Not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts: | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses | - | — | - | - |
| 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 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| Total | 295 | 295 | - | - |
| Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. | ||||
| Nature of Work. | instances. | Notices served. | prosecu-tions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| Wearing Apparel— | ||||
| Making, &c. | 26 | 26 | - | |