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Wandsworth 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The number of factories, workshops, workplaces, and home
workers' premises is shown in Table XXXVIII. together with
the number of inspections made. The inspection of food premises
are not included in this Table, but are shown in Table
XLII.
TABLE XL.
DETAILS WITH REGARD TO REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1) | Number. (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, are enumerated here. | ' Workshop Bakehouses | 51 |
| Workshop Laundries | 29 | |
| Dressmakers' and Milliners' Workshops | 130 | |
| Bootmakers | 108 | |
| Smiths and Engineers | 44 | |
| Builders | 60 | |
| Tailors | 65 | |
| Motor Engineers | 96 | |
| Upholsterers | 30 | |
| Hairdressers | 28 | |
| Other | 116 | |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 757 | |
Further details with regard to homeworkers' premises are
given in Table XXXIX.
TABLE XLI.
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND
WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 35 | 23 | — | - |
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 2 | — | - |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | - |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | - |
| Other Nuisances | 25 | 20 | — | - |
| Sanitary accommodation: Insufficient | 3 | - | - | - |
| Unsuitable or defective | 49 | 29 | — | - |
| Not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | — | - |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | ||||
| 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) | ||||
| Total | 119 | 78 | - | - |
| *Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | ||||