London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Chelsea 1912

Annual report for 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health

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36
Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
in connection with
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
1.—INSPECTION OP FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND
WORKPLACES.

Table: Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
1234
Factories(including Factory Laundries.)3——
Workshops(including Workshop Laundries.)89030—
Workplaces(other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.)---
Total89330—

Table: 2.-DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

2.-DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

PARTICULARS.Number of Defects.Number of Prose-cutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
12345
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:*
Want of cleanliness1717--
Want of ventilation11--
Overcrowding77--
Want of drainage of floors----
Other nuisances2727--
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient11--
unsuitable or defec-tive33--
not separate for sexes22--
Offences under the Factory and Work-shop Act:-
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)----
Breach of special sanitary require-ments for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100)55--
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.)----
Total6363--

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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.