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 | 199 | 49 | 4 | - |
Factories with mechanical power | 1,021 | 619 | - | |
Other premises* (excluding outworkers' premises) | 374 | 504 | - | - |
Totals | 1,594 | 1,172 | 32 | - |
* Electrical stations, institutions, sites of building operations and works of engineering construction. |
TABLE 12.—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 | 1 | 3 | |||
Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | - |
Unreasonable temperature | - | - | - | - | - |
Inadequate ventilation | - | - | - | - | - |
Ineffective drainage of floors | - | - | - | - | - |
Sanitary conveniences:- | |||||
(a) insufficient | - | - | - | - | - |
35 | 45 | 18 | - | ||
(c) not separate for sexes Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork) | 36 | 37 | 4 | - | - |
Totals | 72 | 85 | - |
TABLE 13.—Summary of Outwork.
Description of Work | Outworkers Employed |
---|---|
Wearing apparel | 413 |
Textile weaving... | 16 |
Curtains and furniture hangings | 9 |
Furniture and upholstery | 1 |
439 |