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Islington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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208
1908
SECRETARY OF STATE'S RETURN
on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 434 | 63 | Nil |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2,008 | 242 | ,, |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 1,620 | 337 | ,, |
| Miscellaneous Re-inspections | 6,508 | — | — |
| Total | 10,570 | 642 | Nil |
2 -DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 719 | 607 | Nil | Nil | |
| Want of ventilation | 12 | 15 | „ | „ | |
| Overcrowding | 8 | 8 | „ | „ | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 72 | 75 | „ | „ | |
| Other nusiances | 558 | 517 | „ | „ | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | 12 | 11 | „ | „ |
| unsuitable or defective | 551 | 535 | „ | „ | |
| not separate for sexes | 10 | 5 | „ | „ | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | Nil | Nil | „ | „ | |
| Breach of Special sanitary requirements for bake houses (ss. 97 to 100) | „ | „ | „ | „ | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report) | „ | „ | „ | „ | |
| Total | 1,94 | 1,773 | Nil | Nil | |
* Including those speci6ed in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act sa
rediable under the Public Health Acts.