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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
Fulham 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 744 | 82 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 347 | 42 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 494 | 72 | — |
| Total __ | 1585 | 196 | — |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 135 | 135 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | 7 | 6 | 1 | -_ |
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 93 | 91 | 2 | _ |
| Sanitary accommodation:— | ||||
| insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | _ |
| unsuitable or defective | 119 | 119 | — | _ |
| not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Illegal occupation of under-ground bakehouse (s.101) | _ | _ | - | - |
| Other offences | - | - | — | — |
| (Excluding offences re-lating to outwork and offences under the Sec-tions mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921) | ||||
| Total | 360 | 357 | 3 | — |