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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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.