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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
Kingston upon Thames 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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FACTORIES. WORKSHOPS. AND WORKPLACES.
The work carried out in connection with the inspection
of factories and workshops is summarised in tabular form
below.
As regards action taken in matters referred by H.M.
Inspectors of Factories as remediable under the Public
Health Acts, only one notification was received during the
vear.
1—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices. | Occupiers prosecuted | |
| Factories—(including Factory Laundries) | 192 | - | Nil |
| Workshops—(includingWork-shop Laundries) | |||
| Workplaces—(other than Outworkers' premises) | |||
| Total | 192 | - | Nil |
II—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. | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
| Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | — | — | — | — | |
| Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | 2 | l | — | — |
| Unsuitable or Defective | — | — | — | — | |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |