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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 1935
[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 | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Noticcs | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 103 | 14 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 200 | 20 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises) | — | — | — |
| Total | 303 | 34 | — |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | Number of Prosecutions | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health A cts— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness ... | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| Want of Ventilation ... | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors ... | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Other Nuisances | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| Sanitary f insufficient | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| accommo- unsuitable or defective | 9 | 9 | — | — |
| dation ^not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts | ||||
| 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.) | 8 | 8 | – | – |
| Total | 57 | 57 | — | — |