[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough. page 23

Holborn 1938

[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 493 factories were
on the register.
The 493 factories include 57 different industries. In 240 cases men only were
employed, in 15 women only, and in 238 both sexes.

Table: The more important industries carried on in these factories are :—

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The more important industries carried on in these factories are :—

Printing	123
Engineering	43
Jewellers' work	33
Bookbinding	16
Metal work	13

Table: Factory and Workshop Inspection—Summary.The following is a summary in tabular form of the work done by the Inspectorsin factories, workshops and workplaces in the year 1938: —

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Factory and Workshop Inspection—Summary.The following is a summary in tabular form of the work done by the Inspectorsin factories, workshops and workplaces in the year 1938: —

		Mr. Bailey.	Mr. Clark	Mr. Crabtree	Mr. Fisher.	Miss Charles worth.	Total.
Factories
Inspections (including factory bakehouses)		200	76	6	98	-	380
Re-inspectious		67	10	—	4	-	81
Workshops—
Inspections		113	142	8	—	1	264
Re-inspections		40	39	4	1	-	84
Workplaces—
Inspections		201	100	50	2	-	353
Re-inspections		644	312	603	55	—	1,614
Offices—
Inspections		2	—	—	—	-	2
Re-inspections		—	—	—	—	-	—
Bakehouses—
Inspections (excluding factory bakehouses)		1	—	1	55	—	57
Re-inspections		—	—	—	—	-	—
Restaurants—
Inspections		9	1	45	1,000	-	1,055
Re-inspector		3	_	28	226	_	257
Licensed Premises—
Inspections		11	—	—	19	-	30
Re-inspections		27	-		40	-	6
Defects Found—
Want of cleanliness		8	14	—	1	-	23
,, ventilation		—	1	—	—	-	1
Overcrowding		—	—	—	—	-	—
Storage cistern defective		—	—	—	—	-	—
Accommodation for refuse		1	3	4	6	-	14
Accumulation of refuse		4	1	3	12	-	20
Sanitary accommo-dation	Insufficient	4	1	—	—	-	5
	Unsuitable	8	22	_	—	-	30
	Defective	8	4	2	6	-	20
	Not separate for sexes	-	1	—	—	—	1
Other nuisances		22	26	19	19	—	86
Total defects		55	73	28	44	—	200

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Table: The more important industries carried on in these factories are :—

Table: Factory and Workshop Inspection—Summary.The following is a summary in tabular form of the work done by the Inspectorsin factories, workshops and workplaces in the year 1938: —