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City of London 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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THIS TABLE WAS ISSUED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD BY REQUEST OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1913.
1 .—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. (I) | Number | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 3,071 | 273 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 3,663 | 672 | 3 |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | 738 | 264 | — |
| Total | 7,472 | 1,209 | 3 |
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 | 702 | 689 | 13 | 1 | |
| Want of ventilation | 111 | 104 | 8 | — | |
| Overcrowding | 10 | 8 | 1 | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 861 | 738 | — | 2 | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 16 | 8 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | ‡2,911 | 2,985 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 70 | 42 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirementsforbakehouses(SS. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 4,681 | 4,574 | 22 | 3 | |
* These figures indicate separate work-rooms inspected.
†In«luding those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the
Public Health Acts.
‡These figures include separate defects in water-closets.