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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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57 1938
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, AND OTHER PREMISES UNDER THE ACT. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories with mechanical power | 2,197 | 130 | - |
| Factories without mechanical power | 1,746 | 80 | - |
| Other premises under the Act (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 902 | 68 | - |
| Miscellaneous Re-Inspections and calls | 5,074 | 28 | - |
| Total | 9,919 | 306 | — |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES AND OTHER PREMISES UNDER THE ACT
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts and Factories Act, 1937— | ||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 365 | 361 | - | - | ||
| Want of ventilation | 34 | 31 | - | - | ||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Other nuisances | 199 | 177 | - | - | ||
| Dust Bins | Wanting | 16 | 16 | - | - | |
| Defective | 13 | 14 | - | - | ||
| Sanitary Accommodation | (insufficient | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| foul | 92 | 89 | - | - | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 102 | 87 | - | - | ||
| ^ not separate for sexes | 14 | 8 | - | - | ||
| Unsatisfactory utensils | 65 | 65 | - | - | ||
| Bad storage | 66 | 65 | - | - | ||
| Want of light to w.c. | 56 | 53 | - | - | ||
| Unsatisfactory temperatures | 25 | 25 | - | - | ||
| Other offences | 9 | 9 | - | - | ||
| Total | 1,061 | 1,003 | — | — | ||
Workshops Notified to Home Office during Year 1938.
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Women. | Male Young Persons. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft furnishings | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Chemists' Sundries | 2 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Wearing apparel | 12 | 59 | - | 59 |
| Fancy leather goods | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Flour packing | 1 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Confectionery | 1 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Disinfectants | 1 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Total | 19 | 82 | — | 82 |
OTHER MATTERS.
| Number. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories: Failure to affix Abstract of the Factories Act | 29 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. ' Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 24 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 15 | |
| Other (New Factories reported under Home Office Memorandum) | - | |
| Underground Bakehouses in use at the end of the year | 56 | |