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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
Finchley 1907
[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 | 3 | ... |
| Workshops and Workplaces (Including Workshop Laundries). | 252 | 5 | ... |
| Total | 265 | 8 | ... |
2. DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | No. of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts1 — | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | |
| †Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 11 | 11 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act — | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | |
| Other offences — | |||||
| (Excluding offences relating to out-work which are included in part 3 of this Report) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 37 | 37 | ... | ... | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 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, 1890.