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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
Beckenham 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT, 1901.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORK-PLACES AND HOME WORK
I.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 21 | ... | ... |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 238 | 19 | ... |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 21 | 2 | ... |
| Total | 280 | 21 | ... |
III.—HOMEWORK.
| Nature of Work. | Outworkers' Lists, Sec. 107. | Inspection of Outworkers' Premises. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | |||||||
| Sending twice in the year. | Sending once in the year. | ||||||
| Lists. | Contractors. | Workmen. | Lists. | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||
| Wearing Apparel: | |||||||
| 1.—Making, etc. | 6 | 6 | ... | 11 | 11 | ... | 25 |
| 2.—Cleaning and Washing | |||||||