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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 1920
Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE XI. FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. I—Inspection. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 92 | 21 | 1 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 342 | 89 | 9 | 2 |
| Workplaces | 2,854 | 70 | 5 | __ |
| Total | 3,288 | 180 | 15 | 2 |
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 cleanliness | 52 | 52 | — | 2 | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 87 | 87 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 51 | 51 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| 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) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 202 | 202 | — | 2 | |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.