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City of London 1920
Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London for the year 1920
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THIS TABLE WAS ISSUED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD BY REQUEST OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1 .9 2 O .
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. (1) | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 866 | 52 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 731 | 202 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | 618 | 153 | — |
| Total | *2,215 | 407 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 200 | 210 | 9 | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 28 | 28 | 2 | — | |
| Overcrowding | 4 | 7 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 217 | 258 | 8 | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 269 | 256 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes. | 25 | 27 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for hakehouses(S S. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 745 | 786 | 19 | — | |
* These figures indicate separate work-rooms inspected.
† Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the
Public Health Acts.