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Holborn 1907

Report for the year 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health

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TABLE IX.

FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.

1.—Inspection.

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Intimations.Statutory.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)79291-
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)98812612-
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' Premises included in Part 3 of this Report)2,270125162
Total3,337280292

2.—Defects Found.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to h.m. Inspector.
*Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—
Want of cleanliness8585_
Want of ventilation99
Overcrowding22
Want of drainage of floors
Other nuisances5656
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient55
unsuitable or defective101101
not separate for sexes55
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act :—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101)11
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97
to 100)1515
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which
are included in Part 3 of this Report
Total279279

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