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 Tottenham District]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
In compliance with section 132, I beg 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.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 189 | 37 | ... |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | |||
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report). | 832 | ||
Total | 1,011 | 37 | ... |
2.—
Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
Want of Cleanliness | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | |
Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
Other nuisances | 22 | 22 | ... | ... | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 7 | 7 | ... | ... |
unsuitable or defective | ... | ... | ... | .. | |
not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (s.s. 97 to 100) | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in part 3 of this Report) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Total | 40 | 40 | ... | ... |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.