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Islington 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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57
[1930
The agreement entered into between the London County Council and the
Borough Council from the 1st January, 1921, for the cleansing of verminous
children, is a payment at the rate of 2s. for each attendance of each child at
Cleansing Station, except when such child is, or is suspected to be, suffering from
Scabies, in which case payment by the London County Council will be at the rate
of 1s. for each bath given. The minimum payment to be paid to the Borough
Council in respect of such cleansing shall not be less than £100 per annum.
The amount paid during the year by the London County Council for the baths
given to the children was £507 2s. Od.
Proceedings were instituted by the London County Council under Section 122
of the Children Act, 1908, in 58 instances during the year. Of this number 34
parents were fined, when penalties ranging from 3s. to 10s. were inflicted. The
total fines received amounted to £12 18s. Od.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ADMINISTRATION.
The Medical Officer of Health submits the annual report on the manner in
which the provisions of the Factory and Workshops Acts, 1901, were carried out
in his district during the year 1930.
| Factories, including Factory Laundries | 746 |
| Workshops, including Workshop Laundries | 887 |
| Workplaces, other than outworkers' homes | 432 |
| Domestic Workshops | 36 |
| Bakehouses | 334 |
| Restaurant Kitchens (see also p 78) | 479 |
| Outworkers' premises | 1,108 |
| Miscellaneous re-inspections and calls | 5,137 |
| Total | 9,159 |
Notices Served —In consequence of the 1,184 sanitary defects discovered
as the result of the inspections above, 314 intimations and 22 statutory notices
were served. Of these notices 103 were served, on the owners of factories, 158 on
the owners of the workshops and workplaces, and 32 on the owners of bakehouses
and 35 of restaurant kitchens. In addition to these nuisances, 106 were discovered
on Outworkers' premises, necessitating the service of 20 notices. Most of these
defects were remedied and it was only found necessary in 5 instances to resort to
legal proceedings. Orders were made in all cases, with £2 2s. Od. fines and
£2 2s. Od. costs.
Registers.—There were 2,552 workshops on the Registers, as contrasted
with 2,507 in 1929, while the total number of workrooms were 3,588, as compared
with 2,530 in the previous year ; 182 workshops were added to the Registers, while
128 were removed from it.