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Hornsey 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE J.—FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
The following is a summary of the result of inspections made at Factories,
Workshops and Workplaces during the year, with a list of Outworkers' premises,
a copy of which has been forwarded to the Home Office, a£ required.
None of the Outworkers' premises was found to be in an unwholesome condition.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |||||||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 319 | 30 | 0 | ||||||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 628 | 47 | 0 | ||||||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 27 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 974 | 85 | 0 | ||||||
| DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES. | |||||||||
| Particular*. (1) | Numberot Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||||||
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | |||||||
| Want of oleanliness | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Overcrowding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Want of Drainage of floors | 0 | 0 | — | — | |||||
| Other nuisances | 29 | 29 | 0 | u | |||||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| unsuitable or defective | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| not separate for sexes ...... | IS | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offenses under the Sections mentioned in the Sehedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921). | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 85 | 85 | 0 | 0 | |||||
*Including thoie specified in sestions 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act. 190l,
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.