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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 1937
[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 |
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