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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Factories.
These visits also afforded an opportunity for extending and revising information
relating to "factories" in the Borough. At the end of the year 494 factories were
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 494 factories include 57 different industries. In 237 cases men only were
employed, in 17 women only, and in 240 both sexes.
The more important industries carried on in these factories are:—
Printing 126
Engineering 42
Jewellers' work 30
Bookbinding 17
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 1936:—
| Mr. Bennett. | Mr. Clark | Mr. Crabtree | Mr. Larard | Mr. Fisher. | Miss Charles worth. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories— | ||||||||
| Inspections (including factory bakehouses) | 46 | 1 | 260 | 54 | — | 416 | ||
| Re-inspections | 1 | 16 | — | 8 | — | — | 25 | |
| Workshops— | ||||||||
| Inspections | 90 | 92 | 13 | 276 | 1 | 22 | 494 | |
| Re-inspections | 2 | 10 | — | 39 | — | 1 | 52 | |
| Workplaces— | ||||||||
| Inspections | 44 | 144 | 89 | 201 | 8 | 3 | 489 | |
| Re-inspections | 253 | 462 | 252 | 10 | — | 1,532 | ||
| Offices— | ||||||||
| Inspections | 3 | 3 | — | 22 | — | — | 28 | |
| Re-inspections | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Bakehouses— | ||||||||
| Inspections (excluding factory bakehouses) | — | 1 | — | — | 10 | — | 11 | |
| Re-inspections | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | |
| Restaurants— | ||||||||
| Inspections | — | 6 | 12 | 4 | 552 | — | 574 | |
| Re-inspections | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | I | |
| Licensed Premises— | ||||||||
| Inspections | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | |
| Re-inspections | — | - | — | - | - | — | — | |
| Defects Found— | ||||||||
| Want of cleanliness | — | 8 | — | 14 | — | — | 22 | |
| ,, ventilation | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 11 | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | |
| Storage cistern defective | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Accommodation for refuse | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | |
| Accumulation of refuse | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | — | — | 14 | |
| Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Unsuitable | — | 3 | — | 6 | — | — | 9 | |
| Defective | — | 5 | 1 | 8 | — | — | 14 | |
| - | - | 7 | - | - | 8 | |||
| Other nuisances | 7 | 22 | 2 | 39 | - | — | 70 | |
| Total defects | 13 | 52 | 5 | 84 | - | — | 154 | |