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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
Leyton 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces & Homework.
1. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories— Including Factory Laundries | G99 | 14 | .. |
| Workshops— Including Workshop Laundries | 103 | 8 | ... |
| Workplaces— Other than Outworkers premises included in Part 5 of this Report | |||
| 802 | 22 | ... | |
| 2. DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. | |||
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | ||
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— Want of Cleanliness | 29 | 29 | |
| „ Ventilation | 1 | 1 | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 2 | 2 | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | — | 2 | |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | |
| Offences under Factory and Workshop Acts:— Illegal Occupation of Underground Bakehouse (S. 101) | - | - | |
| Other Offences— Excluding offences relating to Outwork which are included in Part 5 of this Report | - | — | |
| 34 | 34 | ||