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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
Finsbury 1907
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1907 including annual report on factories and workshops
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Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework. 1—INSPECTION.
| Premises. (1) | Inspections- (2) | Number of Written Notices (3) | Prosecutions (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 867 | 118 | 1 |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 2185 | 386 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworker's premises in-cluded in Part 3 of this Report.) | 677 | 66 | 3 |
| Total | 3729 | 570 | 4 |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions (5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found (2) | Remedied (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector (4) | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 180 | 170 | 10 | ... |
| Want of ventilation | 35 | 32 | 3 | ... |
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | 8 | 7 | 1 | ... |
| Other nuisances | 596 | 596 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary [insufficient | 22 | 22 | ... | ... |
| accommo- unsuitable or defective | 221 | 221 | ... | 2 |
| dation (not separate for sexes | 11 | 11 | ... | ... |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bake-house (s. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | 94 | ... | 94 | ... |
| Total | 1172 | 1064 | 108 | 4 |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3,7 and 8 of the Factory ana Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.