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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1921.
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. (1) | Number. | ||
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 666 | 57 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1,406 | 183 | - |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 568 | 162 | - |
| Total | 2,640 | 402 | - |
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. Inspectors. (4) | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—† | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 299 | 278 | 5 | - | |
| Want of ventilation | 44 | 51 | 2 | - | |
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | — | - | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | — | - | - | |
| Other nuisances | 471 | 142 | 3 | - | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 12 | 8 | - | - |
| unsuitable or defective | 626 | 504 | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | 56 | 48 | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | ||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | — | — | - | - | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | - | - | - | - | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 1,514 | 1,366 | 10 | - | |
| † Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | |||||