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 Westminster, City of]
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irons, &c. In addition, notice was sent of 221 workshops in which Abstracts were not affixed.
Premises. | Number of | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Defects Found. | Intimation Notices. | Statutory Notices. | Prosecutions | |
Factories (Including factory laundries) | — | ||||
Workshops (Including workshop laundries) | |||||
Workplaces .. (Including restaurant kitchens, &c.) | |||||
Total |
In addition, 3,858 re-inspection visits were paid.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | ||
*Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— | |||
Want of cleanliness.. | 834 | 834 | 1 |
Want of ventilation | 189 | 189 | _ |
Want of ventilation of gas stoves | 236 | 232 | — |
Overcrowding | 58 | 58 | — |
Want of drainage of floors | 66 | 66 | 1 |
Other defects | 468 | 460 | — |
Sanitary accommodation— | |||
Insufficient | 22 | 22 | 2 |
Unsuitable | 115 | 113 | _ |
Defective | 450 | 450 | 1 |
Not separate for sexes | 140 | 138 | — |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (Sec. 101) | — | - | 1 |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (Sees. 97 to 100). | — | - | — |
Other offences | — | - | — |
Total | 2,578 | 2,562 | 6 |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.