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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
Erith 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
1.—Inspsction of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
(including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspector of Nuisances).
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 16 | Nil. | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 76 | 4 | - |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||
| Total | 92 | 4 | - |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 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 | ||||
| Unsuitable or defective Not separate for sexes | ||||
| Oflence sunder the Factory and Workskop Acts: | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | ||||
| Breach of Special sanitary requirements for bakehouses | ||||
| Other offences (excluding offences relating o out work which are idcluded in Part 3 of this Report) | ||||
| Total | 4 | 4 | ||