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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
Enfield 1925
[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 | — | — |