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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
Wembley 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND
WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 175 | 10 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Launddries) | 22 | 9 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers premises) | 1 | — | — |
| Total | 198 | 19 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND
WORKPLACES.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 17 | 12 | 2 | — | |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Nuisances | 6 | 3 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 12 | 9 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (S.101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences | — | — | — | — | |
| Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921. | |||||
| Total | 38 | 27 | 2 | — | |
*These figures include 56 visits to Factory Bakehouses and
16 visits to Workshop Bakehouses.
OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES (Sec. 108).
No action was taken under this Section.