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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
Battersea 1931
[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) | 776 | 71 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 617 | 73 | _ |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in the Table on page 103) | 1,754 | 174 | - |
| Total | 3,147 | 318 | - |
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 | 86 | 86 | - | - | |
| Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | - | ||
| Other nuisances | 133 | 129 | - | ||
| Sanitary accommodation | {Insufficient | 4 | 4 | - | |
| {Unsuitable or defective | 70 | 70 | - | ||
| {Not separate for the sexes | 1 | 1 | Nil. | - | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (Sec. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Other Offences (excluding Offences relating to Outworkers which are included in the Table on page 103) | — | - | - | ||
| Total | 297 | 293 | - | - | |