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Islington 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1923
FACTORY .AND WORKSHOP ADMINISTRATION.
The Medical Officer of Health submits the annual report on the manner in which the
provisions of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, were carried out in his district during
the year 1923.
| Factories, including Factory Laundries | 624 |
| Workshops, including Workshop Laundries | 954 |
| Workplaces, other than outworkers' homes | 396 |
| Bakehouses | 333 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 423 |
| Outworkers' premises | 1,235 |
| Miscellaneous re-inspections and calls | 5,324 |
| Total | 9,289 |
Notices Served.—In consequence of the 1,147 sanitary defects discovered as the
result of the inspections above; 278 intimations and 20 statutory notices were served.
Of the-e notices 73 were served on the owners of factories, 139 on the owners of workshops
and workplaces, and 57 on the owners of bakehouses and restaurant kitchens. In addition
to these nuisances, 156 were discovered on Outworkers' premises, necessitating the
service of 29 notices. A summons was taken out in one instance with the result that upon
the nuisance having been subsequently abated, the case was withdrawn on payment of
£1 1s. costs.
Registers.—There were 1,947 workshops on the Register, as contrasted with 1,831
in 1922, while the total number of workrooms was 2,766 as contrasted with 2,621
in the previous year; 237 workshops were added to the Register, while 121 were removed
from it.
The various workshops and workplaces are tabulated as below:
| Workshops and Workplaces. | 1923. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Workshops on Register. | Total Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. | |
| Workshops where Men are employed | 873 | 1,305 | 156 | 71 |
| Workshops where Women are employed | 434 | 739 | 53 | 40 |
| Laundries | 18 | 46 | _ | _ |
| Bakehouses | 236 | 245 | 1 | 5 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 386 | 431 | 27 | 5 |
| Total | 1,947 | 2,766 | 237 | 121 |
| Outworkers' Premises | 2,404 | — | 583 | 421 |