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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
Holborn 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VIII.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—Inspection.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |||
| Intimations. | Statutory. | ||||
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 242 | 18 | 2 | — | |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 793 | 131 | 22 | — | |
| Workplaces | 2,536 | 115 | 13 | 3 | |
| Total | 3,571 | 264 | 37 | 3 | |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— Want of cleanliness | 90 | 90 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 114 | 114 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 60 | 60 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 13 | 13 | — | — | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 296 | 296 | — | — | |