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 Greenwich Borough]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES and HOMEWORK. 1.—INSPECTION.
Premises. | Number of | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | ||||
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 286 | . . | ||||
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 48 | 4 | . . | |||
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | 19 | 3 | . . | |||
Total | 353 | 8 | ||||
2.—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 | 7 | 7 | . . | . . | ||
Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | . . | . . | ||
Overcrowding | . . | . . | . . | . . | ||
Want of Drainage of Floors | 2 | 2 | . . | . . | ||
Other Nuisances | 9 | 9 | . . | . . | ||
Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||||
Insufficient | 8 | 8 | . . | . . | ||
Unsuitable or Defective | 20 | 20 | . . | . . | ||
Not Separate for Sexes | 2 | 2 | . . | . . | ||
Offences under the Factory and Workshops Act— | ||||||
Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | . . | . . | . . | . . | ||
Other Offences | . . | . . | 1 | . . | ||
Totals | 50 | 50 | 1 | . . |
Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act, 1901,
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.