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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Table LXVIII.—Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Factories (including factory laundries) | 316 | — | — |
Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 2,956 | 209 | — |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers', premises) | 4,703 | 262 | 1 |
Total | 7,975 | 471 | 1 |
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) |
Want of cleanliness | 245 | 245 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | 46 | 46 | — | — |
Overcrowding | 18 | 18 | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Other nuisances | 127 | 126 | — | 1 |
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 38 | 38 | — | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 70 | 70 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | 25 | 25 | — | — |
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 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 | 570 | 569 | — | 1 |
(7638)
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