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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
Bromley 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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APPENDIX XIV.
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces, 1934.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |
| Factories | 138 | 18 | ... |
| Workshops | 102 | 21 | ... |
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises) | 57 | 19 | ... |
| Total | 297 | 58 | ... |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 25 | 21 | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage to floors | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 70 | 56 | ... | |
| Sanitary accommodation. | insufficient | 9 | 9 | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 7 | 7 | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 3 | 3 | ... | |
| Total | 114 | 96 | ... | |
*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts,