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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
Barking 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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(d) Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| Intimations. | Statutory. | |||
| Factories | 290 | 14 | - | - |
| Workshops | 109 | — | — | — |
| Workplaces | 81 | 3 | — | — |
| Totals | 480 | 17 | — | - |
(2)
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Ins. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
| *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 8 | 8 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | _ | _ | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 14 | 14 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation:— | ||||
| Insufficient | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 17 | 17 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Unscreened for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s.101) | — | — | — | — |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | — | — | — | — |
| Other offences | 1 | 1 | - | — |
| Totals | 44 | 44 | - | - |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.