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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
Ealing 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of
Nuisances.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 104 | 2 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 164 | 3 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 14 | — | — |
| Total | 282 | 5 | - |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of Cleanliness | 66 | 66 | — | — | |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Nuisances | 65 | 65 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 140 | 140 | — | — | |