Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Report on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
IN CONNECTION WITH
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES & HOMEWORK,
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 56 | 2 | Nil |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 331 | 9 | |
Workplaces | 87 | 1 | |
Total | 474 | 12 | Nil. |
2.—
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | N amber of Prosecutions | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
Nil. | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 27 | 27 | 1 | |
Want of ventilation | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Overcrowding | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Other nuisances | 21 | 21 | 0 | |
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
Unsuitable or defective | 10 | 10 | 1 | |
Not separate for sexes | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s.101) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss.97-100) | 27 | 27 | 1 | |
Other offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 90 | 90 | Nil. | Nil. |