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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
Islington 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1931] 52
Workshops Notified to Home Office during Year 1931.
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Women. | Male Young Persons. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dressmaking | 9 | 18 | - | 18 |
| Ostrich Feathers | 1 | 9 | — | 9 |
| Wireless Apparatus | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Advertisement Writing | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Leather Goods | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Mica Goods | 1 | 19 | — | 19 |
| Tie Making | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Mantles | 2 | 5 | — | 5 |
| Total | 17 | 57 | — | 57 |
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | WrittenNotices | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 796 | 98 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 820 | 86 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 1,365 | 125 | — |
| Miscellaneous Re-Inspections and calls | 5,144 | — | — |
| Total | 8,125 | 309 | — |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (i) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 346 | 348 | — | _ | |
| Want of ventilation | 24 | 25 | — | _ | |
| Overcrowding | 5 | 4 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 8 | 9 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 431 | 440 | — | — | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 33 | 32 | — | — |
| unsuitable, foul or defective | 339 | 336 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 11 | 14 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences | — | — | — | — | |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Power )Order,1921.) | |||||
| Total | 1,197 | 1,208 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901.
as remediable under the Public Health Acts. †41 Workshops were also notified H.M. Inspector,
of failing to affix Abstract of Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133).
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