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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
Chelsea 1926
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1926
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Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. The Medical Officer of Health
is required under Section 132 of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901,
to include in his annual report details of the administration of this Act
in his district. The total number of factories, workshops and workplaces
on the register at the end of the year was 293. The number of
inspections of these premises was 886, which compares with 857 in 1925.
Sanitary defects were found in 46 instances. The following Table No. 20
is in the form requested by the Home Office in order to ensure uniformity
in the presentation of returns:—
TABLE No. 20. Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homeworkers' Premises. 1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. (Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.)
| Premises.(1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections.(2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers prosecuted.(4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 29 | — | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 835 | 43 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 22 | 2 | — |
| Total | 886 | 45 | — |