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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
Barnes 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Table XI.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 17 | 2 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 178 | 3 | - |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | 81 | 2 | - |
| Total | 276 | 7 | - |
Table XII.—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.m. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under Public Health Acts1 | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | - | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | - | — | |
| Other nuisances | _ | _ | - | _ | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| unsuitable or defec | - | - | - | - | |
| tive. | — | — | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | — | - | - | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | |||||
| Other offences | - | — | - | — | |
| (Excluding offences relating to out-work and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories & Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921. | |||||
| Total | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
• Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901. as remediable under the Public Health Acts.