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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
East Ham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 36.
Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces, 1935.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written notices. | Occupiers prosecuted. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 21 | 1 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 120 | 4 | - |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 15 | — | - |
| Total | 156 | 5 | — |
Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of defects. | Number of offences in respect to which prosecutions were instituted. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 7 | 5 | - | - |
| Want of ventilation | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| Overcrowding | — | — | - | - |
| Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Other nuisances | 14 | 12 | - | - |
| Sanitary accommodation— Insufficient | 5 | 4 | _ | _ |
| Unsuitable or defective | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | - | - |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s.101) | - | - | - | - |
| Other offences | - | - | - | - |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories & Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921) | ||||
| Total | 39 | 30 | - | - |
Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108 Nil.