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 Enfield]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACTS, 1901 AND 1907.
A register of all workshops is kept, and at the end of 1925 there
were 85 workshops, 41 workplaces, 2 laundries, and 56 bakehouses
registered.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 154 | — | — |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 83 | — | — |
Workplaces | 7 | — | — |
Bakehouses | 144 | — | — |
Total | 388 | — | — |
Particulars | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied. | Referred to H.M, Inspector | ||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
Want of Cleanliness | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
Want of Drainage of Floors | — | — | — | — |
Other Nuisances | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Sanitary Accomodation:— | ||||
Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
Unsuitable or Defective | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts:— | ||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | — | — | — | — |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 22 | 22 | — | — |
Other Offences | — | — | — | — |
Totals | 30 | 30 | — | — |