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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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FACTORIES ACT, 1937
The following tables show the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspector under this Act:—
1 . Inspections of Factories
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
Factories with Mechanical Power | 190 | 8 | NIL |
Factories without Mechanical Power | 54 | 2 | |
TOTALS | 244 | 10 | NIL |
2. Defects Found
Particulars | No. of defects | Referred to H.M. Inspector | Number of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | |||
Want of Cleanliness | 1 | 1 | NIL | NIL |
Overcrowding | — | — | ||
Unreasonable Temperature | — | — | ||
Inadequate ventilation | — | — | ||
Ineffective drainage of floors | — | — | ||
Sanitary Conveniences | ||||
(a) insufficient | 1 | 1 | ||
16 | 16 | |||
(c) not separate for sexes | — | — | ||
Other offences | 1 | 1 | ||
TOTALS | 19 | 19 | NIL | NIL |
There are 224 Outworkers on the register engaged in the following
occupations:—
Wearing apparel 163
Curtains and furniture hangings 1
Brass and brass articles 1
Artificial flowers 10
Paper bags 1
The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts
thereof made wholly or partially of paper 11
Brush making 3
Feather sorting 5
Carding, etc. of buttons etc 4
Stuffed toys 22
Cosaques, Christmas crackers, Christmas stockings etc. 2
Lampshades 1
86 visits were paid to outworkers' premises during the year.
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