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 Wimbledon]
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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.—Section 132 requires
the Medical Officer of Health to specifically report annually
on the administration of the Act in workshop and workplaces and to
send a copy of such report to the Secretary of State. The details on
the forms prescribed and supplied by the Home Office have been forwarded
In the Tables below is shown the work done in the supervision of workshops and workplaces:
Premises. | Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
---|---|---|---|
Factories | 9 | 3 | - |
Workshops | 88 | 14 | - |
Workplaces | 9 | ||
Total | 106 | 17 | - |
DEFECTS FOUND.
Nature. | Number of Defects. | Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
Want of cleanliness | 11 | 10 | - | - |
Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | - | - | 1 | - |
Other Nuisances | 8 | 7 | — | — |
Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
Unsuitable or Defective | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Not Separate for Sexes | - | - | - | - |
Total | 26 | 23 | 1 | — |
Home Work.
Lists received:—
Twice in the year 12
Number ot outworkers 22
Once in the year 12
Number of outworkers 15
Number of addresses received from other
Councils 15
Number of addresses forwarded to other
Councils 4