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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
City of Westminster 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table LXIX.—Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Defects found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to ELM. Inspector. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 271 | 271 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | 66 | 66 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | 21 | 20 | — | 1 |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 143 | 142 | — | 1 |
| Sanitary accommodation-Insufficient | 62 | 62 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 93 | 93 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | 45 | 45 | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (a. 101) | — | — | — | — |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers Order, 1921.) | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 701 | 699 | — | 2 |
Table LXX.—Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. |
|---|---|
| Visits to Outworkers' premises other than workshops | 138 |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | |
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act | 141 |
| Absence of means of warming | 2 |
| Matters referred by H.M. Inspectors | 118 |
| Workrooms measured | 194 |
| Visits of Enquiry re Employment of Women | 164 |
| ,, „ Outworkers | 95 |
| Underground bakehouses in use at the end of the year | 37 |
A copy of a table relating to outworkers required by the Home Office
under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, and giving information
under the headings of Sections 107, 108, 109 and 110 is appended.