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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
Islington 1920
Sixty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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SECRETARY OF STATE'S RETURNS
on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act. 1901, in connection with
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 529 | 59 | Nil |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 710 | 70 | 1 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 1,149 | 74 | 2 |
| Miscellaneous Re-inspection | 4,274 | .. | Nil |
| Total | 6,662 | 203 | 3 |
2 -DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 161 | 194 | .. | Nil | ||||
| Want of ventilation | 4 | 4 | .. | „ | ||||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | .. | „ | ||||
| Want of drainage of floors | 13 | 16 | .. | „ | ||||
| Other nuisances | 299 | 346 | .. | 1 | ||||
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 22 | 25 | .. | Nil | |||
| unsuitable, foul or defective | 476 | 516 | .. | „ | ||||
| not separate for sexes | 30 | 29 | .. | 2 | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | .. | .. | .. | Nil | ||||
| Breach of Special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 8 | 5 | .. | „ | ||||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report) | .. | .. | .. | „ | ||||
| Total | 1,014 | 1,136† | Nil | 3 | ||||
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Ac 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts
† Defects found left over from previous year are also included in this total.