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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
Chislehurst 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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1. Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections (2) | Written Notices (3) | Prosecutions (4) | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 15 | Nil | Nil |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 83 | Nil | Nil |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | |||
| Total | 98 | — | — |
| PARTICULARS (1) | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found (2) | Remedied (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector (4) | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts— | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | |||||
| Overcrowding | |||||
| Want of drainage of floors | |||||
| Other nuisances | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | ||||
| unsuitable or defective | |||||
| not separate for sexes | |||||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | |||||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921) | |||||
| Total | 12 | 12 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.