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Kingston upon Thames 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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II—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Particulars.Number of DefectsNumber of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted.
Found.RemediecReferred to H.M. Inspector
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*—
Want of Cleanlinessll--
Want of Ventilation----
Overcrowding----
Want of drainage of floors----
Other nuisances55--
Sanitary AccommodationInsufficient Unsuitable or Defective Not separate for sexes----
Offences under Factory and Workshop Acts—
Illegal occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s.101)----
Other Offences — (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Section mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health [Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers] Order, 1921)44--
Total1010--

*Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of
the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under
the Public Health Acts.
III.—OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES.
SECTION 108.
No action was found to be necessary in connection with
the above.