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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Occupiers Prosecuted | |
| *Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 244 | 9 | — |
| * Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 23 | - | - |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 12 | - | - |
| Total | 279 | 9 | — |
| *These figures include 59 visits to Factory Bakehouses and 8 visits to Workshop Bakehouses. | |||
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 | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts: | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 19 | 15 | — | — | |
| Want of Ventilation | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other Nuisances | — | — | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommo- dation | insufficient | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 8 | 6 | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | — | - | - | - | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts-.— | |||||
| 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 | 39 | 28 | 1 | — | |