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Hornsey 1928
[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. | |
| (D | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 346 | 6 | 0 |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 595 | 9 | 0 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 38 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 979 | 22 | 0 |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | of Prosecutions. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Want of Drainage of floors | — | — | — | ||
| Other nuisances | 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| Sanitary ac commodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | |||||
| 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 | 22 | 22 | — | — | |
Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.