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Finsbury 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]

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The number of workshops and workplaces newly registered
was 78. The factories on the register at the end of 1937 numbered
2,232, compared with 2,191 at the end of 1936.
The list included 4 tenement factories in which there were
separate occupiers carrying on different trades or processes, and
supplied with mechanical power by the owner of the premises.
In the case of factories the duty of inspection is mainly carried
out by H.M. Factory Inspector under the Factory and Workshop
Acts 1901-1907.
The duties of the Inspector attached to the Public Health
Department are limited to such questions as sanitary accommodation,
dustbin provision, nuisances arising from smoke, except in
the case of food premises and bakehouses where the Borough
Council have wider powers.
In the case of workshops the Health Department deal with
the above matters and in addition have other duties, including
the supervision of cleanliness, ventilation, air-space and overcrowding.
Co-operation is maintained with the Factory Inspector in
dealing with factories and workshops in accordance with the
Factory and Workshop Act 1901.
The persons employed in the Factories in Finsbury are
approximately:— Males, 28,006; Females, 27,369. In the workshops
and workplaces:—Males; 6,087, Females, 6,461. These
numbers exclude the office " hands" and clerical staffs.
During the year 1,185 first visits and 632 re-visits were made
by the Council's inspectors to factories and 833 first visits and 394
re-visits to workshops and workplaces.
The Home Office.—21 notices of occupation were received
from the Home Office during the year and 109 notices of complaint
relating to the following matters:—