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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
Croydon 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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T able I.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES.
1. Inspection.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecution | |
| FACTORIES (including Factory Laundries) | 642 | 172 | ... |
| WORKSHOPS (including Workshop Laundries) | 670 | 115 | ... |
| WORK PLACES (other than Outworkers premises) | 188 | 46 | ... |
| Total | 1,500 | 333 | ... |
Table II.
2. Defects Found in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | No of Defects. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts— Want of Cleanliness | 79 | 76 | ... | ... |
| Want of Ventilation | 5 | 5 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Want of Drainage of Moors | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Other Nuisances | 85 | 74 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary Accommodation— Insufficient | 13 | 8 | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 219 | 198 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Offences under the Factory and 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) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Reports to H. M. Inspector | ... | ... | 12 | ... |
| Total | 406 | 366 | 12 | ... |