London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Holborn 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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TABLE VI.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework
1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| PREMISES. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
| Factories | 466 | 19 | 3 | ... |
| Workshops | 765 | 59 | 7 | ... |
| Workplaces | 3,557 | 51 | 1 | ... |
| Total | 4,788 | 129 | 11 | ... |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to h.m. Inspector. | |||
| *Nuisances under toe Public Health Acts: | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 39 | 39 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 72 | 72 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 63 | 63 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for Sexes | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act: | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 186 | 186 | ... | ... | |
* Including those specified in Soctions 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.