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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INPECTION.
Including Inspections by Sanitary Inspectors.
PREMISES. | Number of | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
Factories | 259 | 14 | 2 | • •• |
Workshops | 211 | 22 | 4 | ... |
Workplaces | 1,479 | 30 | 2 | ... |
Total | 1,949 | 66 | 8 | ... |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referredto H.M. Inspector. | |||
*Nuisances under the Public Health Acts: | |||||
Want of cleanliness | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | |
Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Other nuisances | 26 | 26 | ... | ... | |
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
unsuitable or defective | 19 | 19 | ... | ... | |
not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | |
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 (excluding offences relating to out-work which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Total | 60 | 60 | ... | ... |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
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