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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
Hampstead 1904
Report for the year 1904 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Table V. Factories, Workshops, Laundries. Workplaces and Homework. 1.—Inspection. Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 128 | 8 | .. |
| Workshops (Including: Workshop Laundries) | 1547 | 75 | .. |
| Workplaces | 1272 | 77 | 3 |
| Homeworkers' Premises | 72 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 3019 | 164 | 4 |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of defects. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remedied. | Found. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | I | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 74 | 71 | .. | 1 | |
| Want of ventilation | 12 | 12 | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | 10 | 10 | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | 294 | 294 | .. | 2 | |
| Sanitary accommodation | *insufficient | 17 | 17 | .. | 1 |
| unsuitable or defective | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | |||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Failure as regards lists of outworkers (S. 107) | |||||
| Giving outwork to be done unwholesome (S. 108) in premises which are infected (S. 110) | |||||
| Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Smallpox (S. 109) Other offences | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | |
| Total | 436 | 430 | 3 | 4 | |
Except in one case, these figures refer to premises where no sanitary convenience existed
for the use of the persons employed.