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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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53
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACTS, 1901 AND 1907.
A register of all workshops is kept, and at the end of 1929 there
were 83 workshops, 45 workplaces, 2 laundries, and 56 bakehouses
registered.
The following tables give details of the work done in connection with these places:—
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 115 | - | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) and Workplaces | 115 | - | - |
| Bakehouses | 100 | — | — |
| Total | 340 | — | — |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | - | — | — | — |
| Other Nuisances | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Accommodation:— | ||||
| Insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | - | - | - | - |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | 20 | 20 | - | - |
| Other Offences | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 33 | 33 | — | — |