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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
Hornsey 1927
[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, as required.
None of the Outworkers premises was found to be in an unwholesome condition.
| Premises. | Number of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written | Prosecutions. | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 316 | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 521 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers'premises) | 54 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 891 | 28 | 0 | |||||
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| 16 | 16 | - | - | ||
| Want of ventilation | — | - | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of Drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 12 | 12 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | — | — | _ | - |
| unsuitable or defective | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| not separate for sexes | — | - | - | — | |
| - | - | - | - | ||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921). | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 28 | 28 | — | — | |
•Including those pecified in sections' 2, 3. 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.