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 Croydon]
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2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
2- Defect found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars. | No. of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts : Want of Cleanliness | ||||
Public Health Acts: | ||||
Want of Cleanliness | 47 | 44 | - | - |
Want of Ventilation | 12 | 11 | — | — |
Overcrowding | 3 | 2 | — | — |
Want of Drainage of Floors | - | - | - | - |
Other Nuisances | 130 | 116 | — | - |
Sanitary Accommodation. Insufficient | 17 | 12 | ||
Unsuitable or Defective | 7 | 2 | — | - |
Not separate for sexes | 3 | 2 | — | — |
Offences under the Factory & Workshops Acts. Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses | - | - | - | — |
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) | 61 | 50 | - | - |
Reports to H. M. Inspector | — | — | 78 | — |
Total | 280 | 239 | 78 | — |
3.—List of Registered Workshops.
Trades. | Totals |
---|---|
Bakers and Confectioners | 91 |
Tailors | 78 |
Dressmakers | 65 |
Building Trades | 42 |
Milliners | 34 |
Miscellaneous trades | 31 |
Upholsterers | 23 |
Laundries | 16 |
Cycle works | 15 |
Blacksmiths | 15 |
Bootmakers | 14 |
Watchmakers | 13 |
Motor Engineers | 13 |
Coachbuilders | 8 |
Photographers | 6 |
Picture frames | 5 |
Umbrellas | 5 |
Saddler | 5 |