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 Finchley]
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1. INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries). | 13 | .. | .. |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries). | 319 | 16 | .. |
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in part 3 of this Report). | 30 | .. | .. |
Total | 362 | 16 | .. |
2. DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars. | Nuirber of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
found. | Remedied | Referred to H. M. Inspector | ||
Nuisances underthe PublieHealth Acts: | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 27 | 27 | .. | .. |
Want of ventilation | .. | .. | ||
Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
Other nuisances | 9 | 9 | .. | .. |
†sanitary ( insfficient) | .. | .. | ||
unsuitable or defective | 20 | 20 | .. | .. |
accommodation not separate tor sexes | .. | .. | ||
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses(S.S. 97 to 100) | 4 | 4 | .. | |
Other offences:— | ||||
(Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in part 3 of this Report). | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Total | 63 | 63 | .. | .. |
Including those specified in sections 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory
and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890, Part 3 adopted
October, 1800.