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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 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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on the register. Workshops are automatically converted, at a very small cost, into
factories by the installation of a small electric motor; the health conditions then may
no longer be inspected by the Borough Council's staff except as regards sanitary
accommodation.
The 496 factories include 57 different industries. In 247 cases men only were
employed, in 17 women only, and in 232 both sexes.
The more important industries carried on in these factories are:—
Printing 127
Engineering 42
Jewellers' work 29
Bookbinding 18
Metal work 12
Factory and Workshop Inspection—Summary.

Table: The following is a summary in tabular form of the work done by the Inspectors in factories, workshops and workplaces in the year 1935:—

The following is a summary in tabular form of the work done by the Inspectors in factories, workshops and workplaces in the year 1935:—

Mr. Bennett.Mr. ClarkMr. LarardMr. Fisher.Miss Charles-worth.Total.
Factories—
Inspections (including factory bake-houses)13314134—461
Re-inspections1516——22
Workshops—
Inspections2460255—8347
Re-inspections5245——52
Workplaces—
Inspections629213412292
Re-inspections328392302——1,022
Offices—
Inspections7115——23
Re-inspections——1——1
Bakehouses—
Inspections (excluding factory bake-houses)684——18
Re-inspections32———5
Restaurants—
Inspections13773143102—455
Re-inspections613151—34
Licensed Premises—
Inspections315——9
Re-inspections-43-7
Defects Found—
Want of cleanliness71816——41
„ ventilation—72——9
Overcrowding—1———1
Storage cistern defective22———4
Accommodation for refuse—————-
Accumulation of refuse257——14
Sanitary accommo-dationInsufficient322——7
Unsuitable—47__11
Defective355——13
Not separate for sexes121——4
Other nuisances113831-—80
Total defects298471——184