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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

Hampstead 1933

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

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Table: Inspection of Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces, including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Inspection of Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces, including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.WrittenOccupiers Prosecuted.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Factories (Including Factory Laundries)14317Nil.
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries)27118Nil.
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises)27115Nil.
Totals68550Nil.

Table: Defects found in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.

Defects found in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of offences in respect of which Prose-cutions were instituted.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*:—
Want of cleanliness6262Nil.Nil.
Want of ventilation33Nil.Nil.
OvercrowdingNil.Nil.Nil.Nil.
Want of drainage of floors33Nil.Nil.
Other nuisances54541Nil.
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient55Nil.Nil.
unsuitable or defective11111Nil.
not separate for sexes10101Nil.
Offences under the Factory and WorkshopActs:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)Nil.Nil.Nil.Nil.
Other offences33Nil.Nil.
(Excluding offences relating to outwork, and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops, Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921.)
Totals1511513Nil.
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.