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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
Islington 1921
Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1921] 32
2.-DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| 335 | 314 | - | Nil | ||
| Want of ventilation | 23 | 19 | - | „ | |
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | - | „ | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 33 | 33 | - | „ | |
| Other nuisances | 406 | 364 | 2 | „ | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 24 | 18 | - | „ |
| unsuitable, foul or defective ... | 413 | 379 | - | „ | |
| not separate for sexes | 5 | 5 | - | „ | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | „ | |
| Breach of Special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 4 | 7 | - | „ | |
| Other offences | - | - | - | „ | |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report)... | - | - | - | „ | |
| Total | 1,248 | l,144† | 2 | Nil | |
| * Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts, t Defects found left over from previous year are also included in this total. | |||||
3—HOME WORK.
| •NATURE OF WORK. | Outworkers Lists (Section 107). | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises (Section 108). | Outwork in Infected Premises. (Sees. 109. 110). | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupiers a* to keep-ins or sending lists. I | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served under Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders mad£ (Section 110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109.110). | |||||||
| Sending twice in the year. | Sending once in the v ar. | ||||||||||||||
| Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||||
| tLists. | tOut-Workers. | List*. | Out-Workers. | ||||||||||||
| Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Wearing Apparel—-(1) making, etc. | 140 | 168 | 845 | 20 | 81 | 59 | 215 | - | - | 12 | 5 | - | 10 | 10 | - |
| (2) cleaning and washing | — | — | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | __ |
| Household linen | — | _ | 3 | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | __ |
| Lace, lace curtains and nets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Curtains and furniture hangings. | 4 | 2 | 10 | -_ | 27 | - | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | - |
| Furniture and upholstery | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Electro-plate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ |
| File making | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | _ | - | - |
| Brass and brass articles | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | _ | - | _ |
| Fur pulling | — | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | - | _ |
| Cables and chains | _ | _ | _ | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | - | - |
| Anchors and grapnels | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | _ |
| Cart gear | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | _ |
| Locks, latches and keys | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Umbrellas, etc | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | _ | _ | |
| Artificial Flowers. | 20 | — | 245 | 2 | — | 9 | 21 | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | 2 | _ | _ |
| Nets, other than wire nets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tents | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ |
| Sacks | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - |
| Racquet and Tennis Balls | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paper, etc., Boxes, Paper Bags . | 20 | — | 155 | 5 | — | 16 | 25 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Brush making | 6 | — | 50 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Pea picking | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | |||
| Feather sorting | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | - |
| Carding, etc., of buttons, etc. | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - |
| Stuffed toys | 4 | - | 32 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basket making | - | _ | - | _ | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chocolates and Sweetmeats | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cosaques, Christmas Crackers, Christmas Stockings, etc. | 2 | - | 8 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | _ |
| Textile weaving | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 196 | 170 | 1353 | 29 | 112 | 87 | 273 | — | — | 21 | 10 | — | 19 | 10 | — |
| *When an occupier gives out work of more than one of the classes specified in column 1, and sub-divides his list in such a way as to show the number of workers in each class of work, the list is included among those in column 2 (or 5 as the case may be) against the principal class only, but the outworkers are assigned in columns 3 and 4 (or 6 and 71 into their respective classes. † The figures in column 2, 3 and 4 are the total number of the lists received from those employers who comply strictly with the statutory duty of sending two lists each year and of the entries of names of outworkers in those lists. | |||||||||||||||