Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Factories, Workshops, Workplaces
and Homework.
1.—Inspections of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces (including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances).
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 590 | 67 | - |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 592 | 58 | - |
Workplaces (other than Out-workers' premises included in the Table on page 99) | 1,238 | 78 | _ |
Total | 2,420 | 203 | - |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars. | Found on Inspection. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
Want of Cleanliness | 84 | 84 | _ | ||
Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | - | ||
Overcrowding | — | _ | _ | ||
Want of drainage of floors | _ | _ | |||
Other nuisances | 67 | 67 | - | ||
Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 2 | 2 | - | |
Unsuitable or defective | 38 | 38 | - | ||
Not separate for the sexes | 2 | 2 | Nil. | - | |
- | - | - | |||
Other Offences (excluding Offences relating to Outworkers which are included in the Table on page 99) | — | _ | - | ||
Total | 195 | 195 | - | - |