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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 1934
[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 Inspector or Inspectors of
Nuisances.
| Premises (l) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections (2) | Written Notices (3) | Prosecutions (4) | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 183 | 15 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 246 | 24 | - |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | — | — | — |
| Total | 429 | 39 | — |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars (1) | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found (2) | Remedied (3) | Referred to h.m. Inspector (4) | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 19 | 19 | — | —»- | |
| Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Other Nuisances | 24 | 24 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 12 | 12 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | — | — | |
| 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.) | 19 | 19 | - | - | |
| Total | 81 | 81 | — | - | |