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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and, Workplaces.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers Prosecuted. (4) |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 743 | 38 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 876 | 114 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 507 | 55 | – |
| Total | 2,126 | 207 | – |
2.—
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 346 | 291 | 11 | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 24 | 28 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 3 | l | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 12 | 10 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 340 | 335 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 11 | 8 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 364 | 354 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 17 | 22 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | – | — | — | — | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921) | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 1,116 | 1,051 | 12 | — | |
| •Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | |||||
No instance of outwork in unwholesome premises under Section 108 of the Factory and
Workshop Act was reported.