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Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for 1921.
For the Urban District of East Barnet Valley on the administration of the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces, and Homework.
1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops, & Workplaces.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or InFpectors of Nuisances.
Premises.
Number of
Inspections.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
Factories
(Including Factory Laundries)
28
2
Workshops
(Including Workshop Laundries)
132
14
Workplaces
14
1
Total
174
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2.- Defects found in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.
Particulars.
Number of Defects.
Number
of Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred to
h.m.
Inspecto .
Nuisances under the Public
Health Acts—
Want of cleanliness
7
7
Want of ventilation
Overcrowding
Want of drainage of floors
Other
nuisances
Defective drains
4
4
Animals kept
Sanitary
accommodation
insufficient
unsuitable or defective
2
2
not separate for sexes
Offences under the Factory
and Workshop Act—
Illegal occupation of underground
bakehouse (S. 101)
Breach of special sanitary requirements
for bakehouses (SS.
97 to 100) ..
Other offences
(Excluding offences relating to outwork
which are included in
Part 3 of this report)
Total
13
13
Including those specified in Section 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.