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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
Marylebone 1918
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918
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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The total number of visits to factories, workshops and workplaces during the
year was 930, 803 by the women and 127 by the men inspectors.
The complaints received numbered 13.
The following report is made in accordance with the provisions of Section 132 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
I.—INSPECTION.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 15 | — | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 915 | 27 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | — | — | — |
| Total | 930 | 27 | — |
2.— DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects- | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Prosecutions. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | 5) | |
| 17 | 1 17 | — | — | ||
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
| insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | unsuitable or defective | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| house (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 | 28 | 28 | — | — | |