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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 1930
[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. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers Prosecuted. (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 677 | 104 | |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 609 | 75 | |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 407 | 15 | |
| Total | 1,693 | 194 | |
2.—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 325 | 333 | 12 | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 13 | 16 | 2 | — | |
| Overcrowding | 4 | 2 | I | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 7 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 246 | 207 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 210 | 213 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 17 | 11 | — | — | |
| 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 | 818 | 793 | 15 | — | |
•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.