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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 1934
[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), 1934.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 494 | 28 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 502 | 42 | _ |
| Workplaces (other than Out-workers' premises referred to on page 97) | 1,174 | 89 | _ |
| Total | 2,170 | 159 | - |
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 | |
| Nuisances under Public Health Act — | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 54 | 54 | - | - | |
| Want of Ventilation | - | - | - | - | |
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Other nuisances | 180 | 175 | - | - | |
| Sanitary accommodation | {Insufficient | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| {Unsuitable or defective | 42 | 40 | - | - | |
| {Not separate for the sexes | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (Sec. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Other Offences (excluding Offences relating to Outworkers which are referred to on page 97) | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 287 | 279 | - | - | |