Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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factories, workshops, laundries, workplaces and homework
2.—Defects Found.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
Want of Cleanliness | 80 | 75 | • • • | ... | |
Want of Ventilation | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | |
Overcrowding | 8 | 8 | • • • | ... | |
Want of drainage of floors | 4 | 4 | • • • | ... | |
Other nuisances | 59 | 52 | 3 | ... | |
Sanitary accommodations j | insufficent | 1 | 1 | • • • | ... |
unsuitable or defective | 24 | 23 | • • • | ... | |
not separate for sexes | 2 | 1 | • • • | ... | |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ... | ||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | • • • | • • • | •.. | • • • | |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) .. | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | |
\ / Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | 47 | 2 | 46 | • • • | |
Total | 228 | 167 | 50 | • • • |
Work.
Prosecutions. | Number of Inspections of Outworkers' premises. | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110) | |||
Failing to keep or permit inspection of list. | Failing to send lists. | |||||||
• • • | 561 | • • • | • • • | • • • | 12 | • • • | • • • | |
• • • | 22 | • • • | • • • | • • • | 2 | • • • | • • • | |
• • • | 1 | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | |
• • • | 45 | • • • | • • • | • • • | 1 | • • • | • • • | |
• • • | 6 | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | |
• • • | 3 | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | |
• • • | 7 | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | |
• • • | 4 | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | |
• • • | 649 | • • • | • • • | ... | 15 | • • • | • • • |
5.—Other Matters.
Class. | Number. | |
---|---|---|
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories :— | ||
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 45 | |
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but-not under the Factory Act (S. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 18 |
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 18 | |
Other | 5 | |
Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | ||
Certificates granted during the year | - | |
In use at the end of the year | 58 |