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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 1908
[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). | 18 | ... | ... |
| Workshops and Workplaces (Including Workshop Laundries) | 279 | 21 | ... |
| Total | 297 | 21 | ... |
2. DEFECTS FOUND
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | No. of Prosecution | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*- | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 30 | 30 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 48 | 48 | ... | ... | |
| †Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | ... | ... | ||
| unsuitable or defective | 17 | 17 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act — | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S 101; | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (Ss, 97 to 100) | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | |
| Other offences— (Excluding offences relating to out-work which are included in part 3 of this Report) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 104 | 104 | ... | ... | |
*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.