[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 19

Walthamstow 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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l.- INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, ETC.

FACTORIES ACT, 1937.

The following table shows the work done under this Act:-

1.- INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, ETC.

Including inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises				Number of
Premises				Inspections			Written Notices	Occupiers Prosecuted
(1)				(2)			(3)	(4)
Factories with mechanical power				450			16	Nil
Workshops without mechanical power				109			5	Nil
Other premises under the Act				31			3	Nil
Total				590			24	Nil.
2.- DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, ETC.
Particulars		Number of Defects						No. of Offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted.
Particulars		Found			Remedied		Referred to H.M. Inspector
Want of cleanliness		53			53		-	-
Overcrowding		-			-		-	-
Unreasonable temperature		-			-		-	-
Inadequate ventilation		2			2		-	-
Ineffective drainage of floors		-			_		-	-
Sanitary Conveniences	insufficient unsuitable or defective	72			74		-	-
Sanitary Conveniences	not separate for sexes	-			-		-	-
Other offences		30			30		6	—
Total		159			161		⁶ ______	Nil.
NUMBER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED DURING 1940.
Wearing Apparel, making of			300			Pencils			1
Brush Making			78			Artificial Flowers			5
Boxes			25			Toys			2
Carnival Hats			1			Handbags			2
Envelopes			2			Novelties			6
Furniture			1			Feathers			2
Furs			4			Shoes			19
Total			448
Outworkers were notified from the following areas
City of London			107			Stepney			8
Bethnal Green			4			Shoreditch			8
Finsbury			69			Tottenham			17
Hackney			75			Walthamstow			24
Holborn			6			Wanstead and Woodford			6
Islington			4			Westminster			5
Leyton			103			Other Areas			12
Total			448

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A total of 708 visits were paid in connection with outworkers.
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