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Hendon 1921

[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 Bakehouses12
Total Factories85
Number of Workshops and Workplaces (including Workshop Laundries)120
Number of Workshop Bakehouses6
Total126
*One underground Factory Bakehouse.
Number of Inspections (Factories and Workshops)143
Number of Notices served to remedy defects23
,, ,, complied with23
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector3
Matters notified by H.M. Inspector5
(remediable under the Public Health Acts)
List of Outworkers received20
Nature of defects remedied at Factories & Workshops.
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient2
unsuitable or defective19
not separate for sexes
Want of cleanliness8
Defective roof1
Defective floor1
Improperly drained floor1
Want of ventilation1
Other Nuisances26