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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1923.
| Premises, (1) | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices; (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 496 | 25 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 901 | 142 | - |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 434 | 87 | — |
| Total | 1,831 | 254 | — |
| Particulars, (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 191 | 125 | 6 | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 33 | 18 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 10 | 9 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 347 | 283 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 7 | 1 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 371 | 304 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 26 | 17 | — | — | |
| 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 | 985 | 757 | 6 | — | |
| † Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | |||||
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