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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1.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
PREMISES. | Number of | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
Factories | 446 | 20 | 2 | |
Workshops | 347 | 36 | ||
Workplaces | 4,179 | 99 | 15 | |
Total | 4,972 | 155 | 20 |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to h.m. Inspector. | |||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts: | |||||
Want of cleanliness | 41 | 41 | ... | ... | |
Want of ventilation | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | |
Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
Other nuisances | 93 | 93 | ... | ... | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 7 | 7 | ... | ... |
unsuitable or defective | 49 | 49 | ... | ... | |
not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | |
Offences under the Factors 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 | 204 | 204 | ... | ... |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.