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City of Westminster 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Inspection.—1924.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Re-inspections.Defects Found.Intimation Notices.Statutory Notices.Prosecutions
Factories132601712
Workshops1,4852,2245832692
Workplaces (Excluding restaurant kitchens, &c.)9811,708542141
Total2,5983,9921,1424222

Defects found.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
Found.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—
Want of cleanliness435_
Want of ventilation83_
Want of ventilation of gas stoves46_
Overcrowding30_
Want of drainage of floors22
Sanitary accommodation—
Insufficient62_
Unsuitable77_
Defective116_
Not separate for sexes36
Other defects235
Total1,142
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses
Breach of special sanitary requirements for
bakehouses (included above)
Other offences

Other Matters.

Class.Number.
Visits to Out-workers' premises Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of1,143
Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act172
Absence of means of warmingI
Matters referred by H.M. Inspectors110
310
Visits of Enquiry re Employment of Women83
„ „ Outworkers273
Underground bakehouses in use at the end of the year59