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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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Table: 2.—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

2.—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of offences in respect of when Prosecutions were instituted.
Found.† RemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:*
Want of Cleanliness4745--
Want of Ventilation----
Overcrowding11--
Want of drainage of floors----
Other Nuisances4439--
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient43--
unsuitable or defective4138--
not separate for sexes1---
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)----
TOTALS138126--

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*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
†Including defects standing over from the previous year.
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