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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 1934
[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 | 147 | 6 | - |
| (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 47 | - | - |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) | |||
| Workplaces | 30 | - | - |
| (Other than Outworkers premises) | |||
| Total | 224 | 6 | - |
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 | 23 | 18 | — | — | |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Nuisances | 10 | 9 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| 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 | 41 | 34 | — | — | |
* These figures include 38 visits to Factory Bakehouses and
19 visits to Workshop Bakehouses.
OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES (Sec. 108).
No action was taken under this Section.