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 12.—Factories : Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health.
Premises | Registered | Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted |
---|---|---|---|---|
Factories without mechanical power | 220 | 72 | 3 | - |
Factories with mechanical power | 938 | 745 | 21 | - |
Other premises* (excluding outworkers' premises) | 465 | 528 | - | - |
Totals | 1,623 | 1,345 | 24 | - |
* Electrical stations, institutions, sites of building operations and works of engineering construction. |
TABLE 13.—Factories : Defects.
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 | 5 | 10 | 3 | - | - |
Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | - |
Unreasonable temperature | - | - | - | - | - |
Inadequate ventilation | - | - | - | - | - |
Ineffective drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | - |
Sanitary conveniences:- | 1 | ||||
1 | - | - | - | ||
(b) unsuitable or defective | 23 | 23 | - | 6 | - |
- | - | - | - | - | |
Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork) | 16 | 18 | 6 | - | - |
Totals | 44 | 62 | 9 | 6 | - |
TABLE 14.—Summary of Outwork.
Description of Work | Outworkers Employed |
---|---|
Wearing apparel | 498 |
Textile weaving | 8 |
Curtains and furniture hangings | 8 |
Furniture and upholstery | 2 |
Household linen | 1 |
517 |