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, and WORKPLCES 1.-INSPECTION
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Pros'cut'd | |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 317 | 8 | — |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 181 | 1 | — |
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | 65 | 10 | - |
Total | 563 | 19 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
Want of Cleanliness | — | — | — | _ |
Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | _ |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
Want of Drainage of Floors | — | — | — | — |
Other Nuisances | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Unsuitable or Defective | 14 | 14 | — | _ |
Not Separate for Sexes | — | — | — | — |
Illegal Occupation of Under-ground Bakehouse (s. 101) | 1 | _ | 1 | - |
Other Offences | ||||
Totals | 24 | 22 | 2 | — |
•Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act, 1901,
as remediable under the Fublio Health Acts.