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 Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]
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1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
PREMISES. | Number of | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
Factories | 354 | 27 | 5 | |
Workshops | 539 | 60 | 10 | ... |
Workplaces | 2,905 | 66 | 8 | ... |
Total | 3,798 | 153 | 23 | ... |
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 | 46 | 46 | |||
Want of ventilation | 7 | 7 | |||
Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | |||
Want of drainage of floors | |||||
Other nuisances | 85 | 85 | |||
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | ||
unsuitable or defective | 69 | 69 | |||
not separate for sexes | 7 | 7 | |||
Offences under the Factory and Workshops Act: | |||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | |||||
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 | 218 | 218 |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.