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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

Southgate 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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ANNUAL REPORT, 1933.
On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in
connection with
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.

Table: 1— INSPECTION,Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

1— INSPECTION,

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.Number of
(1)Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Prosecutions. (4)
Factories (including Factory Laundries).34536..
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)34625..
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises, included in Part 3 of this Report)4810..
Total75771..

Table: 2— DEFECTS FOUND.

2— DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars.Number of Defeots.
Found.Remedied.Referred toH.M. Inspector.Number of Prosecutions.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—*
Want of Cleanliness8085....
Want of Ventilation........
Overcrowding........
Want of Drainage of Floors........
Other Nuisances2629....
† Sanitary AccommodationInsufficient........
Unsuitable or Defective2025....
Not separate for sexes11....
Offences under the Factory and Workshops Act:—
Illegal occupation of Underground Bakehouses (s. 101)........
Breach of special sanitary requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100)........
Other Offences........
(Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.)
Total127140....

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*Including those specified in Sections 2,3,7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshops Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
† Section 22 of the Public Health Acts (Amendment) Act, 1890, was
adopted in 1890.
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