Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 11.—Factories: Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health.
Premises | Registered | Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted |
---|---|---|---|---|
Factories without mechanical power | 264 | 313 | 29 | - |
Factories with mechanical power | 1,209 | 988 | 73 | - |
Other premises* (excluding out-workers' premises) | 231 | 416 | - | - |
Totals | 1,794 | 1,717 | 102 | — |
* Electrical stations, institutions, sites of building operations and works of engineering construction.
TABLE 12.—Factories: Defects Found.
Particulars | Defects | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred | In respect of which prosecutions were instituted | ||
To H.M. Inspector of Factories | By H.M. Inspector of Factories | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 101 | 91 | 3 | 2 | - |
Overcrowding | — | — | 2 | — | — |
Unreasonable temperature | — | — | — | — | — |
Inadequate ventilation | 9 | 2 | — | — | — |
Ineffective drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | — |
Sanitary conveniences:— | |||||
2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | |
(b) unsuitable or defective | 95 | 100 | — | 16 | — |
4 | 2 | — | 1 | — | |
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork) | 54 | 45 | 103 | 1 | — |
Totals | 265 | 243 | 108 | 21 | — |
TABLE 13.—Summary of Outwork.
Description of Work | Outworkers Employed |
---|---|
Wearing apparel | 770 |
Buttons | 4 |
Umbrellas | 17 |
Household linen | 9 |
Textile weaving | 6 |
Electro Plate | 6 |
Furniture and upholstery | 3 |
Lampshades | 3 |
Basket making | 1 |
819 |