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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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2.— DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found 1 | Remedied 1 | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Nuisances | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 13 | 16† | — | — | |
| 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 Workshop Transfer of Powers) Order. 1921. | |||||
| Total | 24 | 24 | 3 | — | |
*These figures include 71 visits to Factory. Bakehouses and
10 visits to Workshop Bakehouses.
OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES (Sec. 108).
No action was taken under this Section.
†Three defects remedied in 1935 brought forward from previous
year.
Shops Act, 1934, Section 10.
(iv) Arrangements for Health and Comfort of Shop Workers.
During 1935 the Council appointed a full-time Shop
Inspector, who has supplied me with the following information
concerning work under the above Section of the Act:—
No. of Inspection Visits paid 586
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