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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
Willesden 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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ADMINISTRATION OF FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
The following tables shew the number of premises visited in pursuance of the provisions of the
Factory and Workshop Act and the Action taken in connection therewith.
Table No . 21.
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework. Inspection —Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (including Factory laundries) | 237 | 29 | _ |
| Workshops (including Workshop laundries) | 359 | 33 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 40 | 10 | — |
| Total | 636 | 72 | |
Table No. 22.—Defects Found.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Other Nuisances | 19 | 19 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 28 | 26 | — | — |
| Not separate for Sexes | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| Unscreened for Sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (S. 101) | — | — | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses SS. 97 to 100) | 27 | 27 | — | — |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork) | — | — | ||
| Total | 106 | 102 | — | — |
Table No. 23.—Registered Workshops.
Table No.23.-Registered Workshops.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1) | Number. (2) |
|---|---|
| Factories | 180 |
| Factories, Laundries | 57 |
| Workshops, Laundries | 14 |
| Domestic Laundries | 10 |
| Bakehouses | 58 |
| Dressmakers | 50 |
| Outworkers | 210 |
| Blouse Makers | 4 |
| Tailors | 33 |
| Bootmakers | 76 |
| Metal Workers | 33 |
| Wood Workers | 26 |
| Seamstresses | 4 |
| Motor and Cycle Makers | 32 |
| Upholsterers | 7 |
| Milliners | 12 |
| Miscellaneous | 60 |
| Total number of Workshops on Register | 866 |