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Southgate 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.—The workshops in
the district have been visited, and the sanitary condition, etc.,
noted in the register. The lists of outworkers have been
received from the different Authorities, and the houses of such
outworkers were visited and found in a satisfactory condition.

1. INSPECTION.

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors ol Nuisances.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)126-
Workshops ( ,, Workshop ,, )4220-
Workplaces---
Homeworkers' Premises20--
Total7426-

2. DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
FoundRemedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—* Want of cleanliness1313
Want of Ventilation
OvercrowdingWant of drainage of floors22
Other nuisances11
Sanitary accommodations—Insufficient .. Unsuitable or defective Not separate for sexes Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)Breach of special sanitary requirements forbakehouses (ss. 97 to 100)Failure as regards list of outworkers (s. 107) Giving out work in premises which are:— Unwholesome (s. 108)Infected (s. 110)Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or smallpox (s. 109)Other offences
Total1616

*Including those specified in Sections ?, 3, 7, and 8 of the factory Act as remediable
under the Public Health Acts. Section 22 of the Public Health Act Amendment
Act, 1890, was adopted in 1890.