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Tottenham 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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82
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. —Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

PremisesNumber of
InspectionsWritten NoticesProsecutions
Factories (including Factory Laundries)18937...
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report).832
Total1,01137...

2.— Defects Found.

ParticularsNumber of DefectsNumber of Prosecutions
FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*—
Want of Cleanliness77......
Want of ventilation............
Overcrowding............
Want of drainage of floors11......
Other nuisances2222......
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient77......
unsuitable or defective...........
not separate for sexes11......
Offences under the Factory & Workshop Act Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101)............
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (s.s. 97 to 100)22......
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in part 3 of this Report)............
Total4040......

* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.