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 St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS.
The following five tables are those asked for by the Home Secretary:—
1. —Inspections made by Male and Female Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
Factories (including factory laundries) | 43 | 12 | - |
Workshops (including workshop laundries) Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' | 192 | 100 | — |
premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 220 | 30 | — |
Total | 455 | 142 | - |
2.—Defects Found.
Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. (4) | |||
Want of cleanliness | 85 | 85 | |||
Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | |||
Overcrowding | — | — | |||
Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | |||
Other nuisances | 4 | 4 | |||
Sanitary accommodation | Insufficient | 6 | 6 | ||
Unsuitable or def ect ive | 8 | 8 | |||
Not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | Nil. | ||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | - | - | |||
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 29 | 29 | |||
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | 2 | 2 | |||
Total | 142 | 142 | — | — |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 & 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.