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 Holborn Borough]
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PREMISES. | Number of | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
Factories | 362 | 26 | 5 | ... |
Workshops | 515 | 38 | 3 | ... |
Workplaces | 2,762 | 47 | 4 | ... |
Total | 3,639 | 111 | 12 | ... |
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 | 15 | 15 | ... | ... | |
Want of ventilation | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | |
Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |
Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Other nuisances | 63 | 63 | ... | ... | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
unsuitable or defective | 32 | 32 | ... | ... | |
not separate for sexes | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act: Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bake-houses (SS. 97 to 100) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Total | 125 | 185 | ... | ... |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.