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due to difficulties in regard to the provision of closet accommodation,
and not to other nuisances which might indicate defects in the
general sanitary condition. Many factories are doing extra work,
and what was sufficient for the number of hands employed in
ordinary times is no longer enough for the extra assistance. In
some cases it was possible to make temporary arrangements with
neighbouring houses, so as to avoid the building of extra closets,
which would be only required while the supernumerary hands were
employed.
1.—INPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Number of
Premises.
Inspections.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
530
21
Factories (including Factory Laundries)
-
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries
dries)
2,197
82
-
Workplaces (other than Outworkers'
Premises, included in Part 3 of this
Report)
874
-
43
Total
146
-
3,601
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars.
Number of Defects
Number of
Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health
Acts:—*
40
40
-
Want of Cleanliness ... ... ...
-
Want of Ventilation
-
-
-
-
-
Overcrowding
2
2
-
Want of Drainage of Floors
1
1
-
-
Other Nuisances
70
70
-
-
Sanitary Accommodation—
Insufficient
5
-
-
5
Unsuitable or Defective
85
85
-
-
Not separate for Sexes
2
2
-
-
Offences under the Factory and
Workshop Acts:—
Illegal Occupation of Underground
Bakehouses (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
205
205
-
-
*Including those specified in Sections 2,3,7, and 8 of the Factory and Workhop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.