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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
Hampstead 1921
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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1. —Inspection of Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 132 | 5 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 406 | 16 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 1403 | 20 | — |
| 1941 | 41 | — | |
| Total | |||
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Ret erred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Act:— | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 96 | 96 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 10 | 10 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 39 | 39 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | { insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| { unsuitable or defective | 4 | 4 | — | — | |
| { not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Ofences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | 1 | 1 | _ | — | |
| 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 | 153 | 153 | — | — | |