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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
Feltham 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
1.-Inspection.
Including I nspections made by the S anitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 5 | - | - |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 392 | 10 letters. | - |
| Total | 397 | 10 | - |
2 - Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | No of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under tde Public Healtd Acts* | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 13 | 13 | - | - | |
| Want of ventilation | - | - | - | - | |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| Want of drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | |
| Other nuisances | 20 | 20 | - | - | |
| †Sanitary accommo dation | insufficient | - | - | - | - |
| unsuitable or defective | - | - | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | - | - | - | - | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act | |||||
| Illegal occupation of under ground bakehouse (s 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 9 | - | - | ||
| Other offences - (Excluding offences relating to out work which are included in part 3 of this Report) | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 44 | 44 | - | - | |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7, and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Act.
†Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, Part 3, adopted Oct., 1890.