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 LXVI.-Factories and Workplaces.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to h.m. Inspector. | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Want of cleanliness | 191 | 191 | - | - | |
Inadequate ventilation | 26 | 26 | _ | __ | |
Overcrowding | 7 | 7 | _ | _ | |
Ineffective drainage of floors | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
Other nuisances | 77 | 77 | - | - | |
Sanitary conveniences- | |||||
Insufficient | 13 | 13 | _ | _ | |
Unsuitable or defective | 113 | 113 | - | - | |
Not separate for sexes | 22 | 22 | - | - | |
Other offences | _ | _ | - | - | |
(Excluding offences relating to Home Work and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921, re-enacted in Factories Act, 1937.) | |||||
Total | 449 | 449 | - | - |
Table LXVII.—Factories and Workplaces. Other Matters.
Class. | Number. |
---|---|
Visits to Outworkers' premises olher than factories | 177 |
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories: — | |
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factories Act | 92 |
Matters referred by H.M. Inspectors | 47 |
Workrooms measured | 185 |
Visits of Enquiry re Employment of Women | 92 |
„ „ Outworkers | 110 |
Underground bakehouses in use at the end of the year | 33 |
A copy of a table relating to outworkers required by the Home Office
under the Factories Act, 1937, and giving information under the
headings of Sections 110 and 111 is appended.