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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

Holborn 1911

Report for the year 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE VIII. FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. 1.—Inspection. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

TABLE VIII. 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)148181_
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)74612118—
Workplaces2,48612522-
Total3,38026441—

Table: 2.—Defects Found.

2.—Defects Found.

ParticularsNumber of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
* Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—
Want of cleanliness6565——
Want of ventilation66——
Overcrowding66——
Want of drainage of floors————
Other nuisances8181——
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient22——
unsuitable or defective5353——
not separate for sexes1515——
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)————
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report)————
Total228228——

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* 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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