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
Greenford 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenford]
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Factories Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
1.—Inspection.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of Inspections. | Number of Written Notices. | Number of Pro secutions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 12 | 4 | |
| Total | 12 | 4 |
Defects Found.
| Particulais. | Number of Defects Found. | Number of Defects Remedied. | Number ol Defects Referred lo H.M. Inspectoi. | Number ol Prosecutions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutsances under the Public Health ,Acts* Want of cleanliness | 4 | 4 | ||
| Want of ventilation | ||||
| Overcrowding | ||||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | ||||
| Other nuisances | 3 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation | ||||
| Insufficient | ||||
| Unsuitable or defective | ||||
| Not separate for sexes | ||||
| Offences under the Factory and Wornshop Acts— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground Bakehouse (s. 101) | ||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) Other offences | ||||
| (excluding offences relating to out work which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | ||||
| Total | 7 | 4 |
*Including those specified in "sections 2, 7 and of the Factory and Workshop Act
901 as remediable under the Public Health Acts.