London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |||||
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 81 | ... | ... | ||||
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 205 | ... | ... | ||||
| Workplaces ... (other then Outworkers' Premises) | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Total | 286 | ... | ... | ||||
| 2.—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. | |||||||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences | |||||
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H. M. Inspector. | in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | ||||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :1 Want of cleanliness | 16 | 15 | ... | ... | |||
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |||
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | |||||
| Other nuisances | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | |||
| Sanitary accommo dation. | insufficient unsuitable or defective not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts: Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Other Offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921). | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | |||
| Total | 34 | 32 | 1 | ||||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
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