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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
City of London 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1908.
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (1) |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 3,325 | 262 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 4,668 | 818 | 1 |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | 1,077 | 289 | — |
| Total | 9,070 | 1,359 | 1 |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 787 | 646 | 3 | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 207 | 127 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 23 | 23 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 1,652 | 1,637 | — | — | |
| †Sanitary accomodation | insufficient | 30 | 10 | — | 1 |
| unsuitable or defective | 2,520 | 2,146 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 101 | 82 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses( 88.97 to 100) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 5,320 | 4,671 | 3 | 1 | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public
Health Acts.
† For districts not in London state here whether Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been
adopted by the District Council; and if so what standard of sufficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation for
persons employed in factories and workshops has been enforced.