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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I.—Inspection.
Including Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspec tions | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 8 | — | — |
Worlshops (Inc'uding Workshop Laundries) | 370 | 11 letters | |
Total | 378 | 11 | — |
2.-Defects Found.
Particulars | Number of Defects | No. of Prosecuttons | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found | Remedied | Reftrred to H M. Inspector | |||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts* - | |||||
Want of cleanliness | 14 | 14 | - | - | |
Want of ventilation | - | -_ | - | - | |
Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Want of drainage, of floors | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
Other nuisances | 8 | 7 | - | - | |
‡Sanitary accommo dation | insufficient. | - | - | - | - |
unsuitableor defective | 9 | 8 | - | - | |
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) | 12 | 12 | - | - | |
Other offences- | |||||
(Excluding offences relating to out-work which are included in part 3 of this Report) | - | - | - | - | |
Total | 48 | 46 | - | - |
* Including those specified in sections 2. 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Act,
‡ Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, Part 3, adopted Oct. 1890.