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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE I.—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 Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 295 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 513 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 50 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 858 | 21 | 0 | |||||
| DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES. | ||||||||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number | ||||||
| Pound. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | of Prosecutions. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 8 | 8 | — | — | ||||
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Overcrowding | (1 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| Want of Drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Other nuisances | 9 | 9 | — | — | ||||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | — | — | |||
| unsuitable or defective | 10 | 10 | — | — | ||||
| not separate for sexes | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 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 | 20 | 20 | — | — | ||||
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
as remediable under the Public Health Acts.