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No instance of infectious disease occurring in premises where home work is carried on was reported
during the year.
Table: The appended table summarises the work for the year of the women health officers under the Factory and Workshop Acts, so far as it is capable of being expressed in this form:—
The appended table summarises the work for the year of the women health officers under the Factory and Workshop Acts, so far as it is capable of being expressed in this form:—
No. of factory inspections
94
„ workshop inspections
650
„ home workers' inspections
300
,, workplace inspections
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Table: The following tables contain a summary of the inspections made and the defects found and remedied in workshops and factories within the borough where men, women, or young persons are employed:—I.—Inspections.
The following tables contain a summary of the inspections made and the defects found and remedied in workshops and factories within the borough where men, women, or young persons are employed:—I.—Inspections.
Premises.
Number of
Inspections.
Written notices.
Prosecutions.
Factories (including factory laundries)
488
31
—
Workshops (including workshop laundries)
1,125
37
—
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises)
213
9
—
Total
1,826
77
—
Table: II.—Defects Found.
II.—Defects Found.
Particulars.
Number of Defects.
Number of Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred to h.m. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—
Want of cleanliness
73
73
1
—
Want of ventilation
2
2
—
—
Overcrowding
2
2
—
—
Want of drainage of floors
3
3
—
—
Other nuisances
38
38
1
—
Sanitary accommodation:—
Insufficient
3
3
—
—
Unsuitable or defective
19
18
—
—
Not separate for sexes
10
9
—
—
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse(S. 101)
—
—
—
—
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (Ss. 97-100)
_
_
_
—
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921)
III.—Outwork in Unwholesome Premises (Section 108).
No case came to my notice during the year of outwork being carried on in unwholesome
premises.
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