London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE V. Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework 1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| PREMISES. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
| Factories | 545 | 21 | 2 | |
| Workshops | 550 | 31 | 4 | ... |
| Workplaces | 3,871 | 42 | 5 | |
| Total | 4,966 | 94 | 11 | |
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 | 39 | 39 | |||
| Want of ventilation | 6 | 6 | |||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other nuisances | 51 | 51 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | ||||
| unsuitable or defective | 21 | 21 | |||
| not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | |||
| 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 ( excludingoffences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||||
| Total | 120 | 120 | |||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.