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Islington 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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S3 [1935
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 1935.
| Factories, including Factory Laundries | 905 |
| Workshops, including Workshop Laundries | 724 |
| Workplaces, other than outworkers' homes | 441 |
| Domestic Workshops | 106 |
| Bakehouses | 221 |
| Restaurant Kitchens (see also p. 72) | 774 |
| Outworkers' premises | 1,353 |
| Miscellaneous re-inspections and calls | 5,225 |
| Total | 9,749 |
Notices Served —In consequence of the 1,163 sanitary defects discovered
as the result of the inspections above, 423 intimation and 21 statutory notices were
served. Of these notices 172 were served on the owners of factories, 133 on the
owners of the workshops and workplaces, 36 on the owners of bakehouses
and 73 of restaurant kitchens. In addition to these nuisances, 83 were discovered
on Outworkers' premises, necessitating the service of 10 notices. Most of these
defects were remedied and it was not found necessary to resort to legal proceedings.