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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 1916
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The total number of visits to factories, workshops and workplaces during the
year was 994, 657 by the women and 337 by the men inspectors.
The complaints received numbered 6.
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 | 15 | _ | _ |
| (Including Factory Laundries.) | |||
| Workshops | 869 | 15 | - |
| (Including Workshop laundries.) | |||
| Workplaces | 110 | — | - |
| (Other than Outworkers' premises included | |||
| in Part 3 of this Report.) | |||
| Total | 994 | 15 | — |
2.— DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Hemedied. | Keferred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (i) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 43 | 43 | |||
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | _ | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | |
| Other nuisances | - | - | - | - | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient unsuitable or defective | 2 - | 2 - | - - | - - |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| 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 | 49 | 49 | — | — | |