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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
Paddington 1911
[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. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||||
| Want of cleanliness | 18 | 18 | - | - | |||||
| Want of ventilation | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | - | - | |||||
| Want of drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Other nuisances | 5 | 4 | - | - | |||||
| insufficient | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Sanitary accommodation unsuitable or defective | 16 | 16 | - | - | |||||
| not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | - | - | |||||
| 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) | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Total | 47 | 46 | - | - | |||||
| Work. | |||||||||
| Prosecutions. | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110. | |||||||
| Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions (SS. 109,110). | ||
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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) | 46 |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector Notified by H.M. Inspector | 23 |
| as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. not under the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 5) ( Inspector | 19 |
| Other | - |
| Underground Bakehouses(S. 111):— | |
| Certificates granted during the year | - |
| In use at the end of the year | 55 |