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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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.
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. Clark | Mr. Larard | Mr. Fisher. | Miss Charles-worth. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factories— | |||||||
Inspections (including factory bake-houses) | 13 | 31 | 413 | 4 | — | 461 | |
Re-inspections | 1 | 5 | 16 | — | — | 22 | |
Workshops— | |||||||
Inspections | 24 | 60 | 255 | — | 8 | 347 | |
Re-inspections | 5 | 2 | 45 | — | — | 52 | |
Workplaces— | |||||||
Inspections | 62 | 92 | 134 | 1 | 2 | 292 | |
Re-inspections | 328 | 392 | 302 | — | — | 1,022 | |
Offices— | |||||||
Inspections | 7 | 1 | 15 | — | — | 23 | |
Re-inspections | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
Bakehouses— | |||||||
Inspections (excluding factory bake-houses) | 6 | 8 | 4 | — | — | 18 | |
Re-inspections | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | |
Restaurants— | |||||||
Inspections | 137 | 73 | 143 | 102 | — | 455 | |
Re-inspections | 6 | 13 | 15 | 1 | — | 34 | |
Licensed Premises— | |||||||
Inspections | 3 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 9 | |
Re-inspections | - | 4 | 3 | - | 7 | ||
Defects Found— | |||||||
Want of cleanliness | 7 | 18 | 16 | — | — | 41 | |
„ ventilation | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | 9 | |
Overcrowding | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
Storage cistern defective | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | |
Accommodation for refuse | — | — | — | — | — | - | |
Accumulation of refuse | 2 | 5 | 7 | — | — | 14 | |
Sanitary accommo-dation | Insufficient | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 7 |
Unsuitable | — | 4 | 7 | _ | _ | 11 | |
Defective | 3 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 13 | |
Not separate for sexes | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | |
Other nuisances | 11 | 38 | 31 | - | — | 80 | |
Total defects | 29 | 84 | 71 | — | — | 184 |