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 Hendon]
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10.—FACTORY & WORKSHOPS ACTS, 1901.
The following is the number of Factories and Workshops as recorded on the Factory and Workshop Register, 1921.
Number of Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 73 | |
*Number of Factory Bakehouses | 12 | |
Total Factories | 85 | |
Number of Workshops and Workplaces (including Workshop Laundries) | 120 | |
Number of Workshop Bakehouses | 6 | |
Total | 126 | |
Number of Inspections (Factories and Workshops) | 143 | |
Number of Notices served to remedy defects | 23 | |
,, ,, complied with | 23 | |
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector | 3 | |
Matters notified by H.M. Inspector | 5 | |
(remediable under the Public Health Acts) | ||
List of Outworkers received | 20 | |
Nature of defects remedied at Factories & Workshops. | ||
Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 |
unsuitable or defective | 19 | |
not separate for sexes | — | |
Want of cleanliness | 8 | |
Defective roof | 1 | |
Defective floor | 1 | |
Improperly drained floor | 1 | |
Want of ventilation | 1 | |
Other Nuisances | 26 |