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 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 (1) | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections (2) | Written Notices (3) | Prosecutions (4) | |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 95 | — | — |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 191 | 3 | — |
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 9 | 1 | — |
Total | 295 | 4 | — |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions (5) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found (2) | Remedied (3) | 1 Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | |||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts— | |||||
Want of Cleanliness | 47 | 47 | - | — | |
Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
Overcrowding | — | — | - | — | |
Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
Other Nuisances | 12 | 12 | - | — | |
Sanitary accommo- dation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | - | — |
unsuitable or defective | 2 | 2 | - | — | |
not separate for sexes | — | — | - | — | |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts | |||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s 101) | - | - | — | — | |
Other Offences | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
(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 | 65 | 65 | — | — |