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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: Table XI.—Inspection of Factories.

Table XI.—Inspection of Factories.

Premises.Number of
InspectionsWritten Notices.Occupiers Prosecuted
Factories withmechanical power756-
Factories withoutmechanical power14222-
Other Premises under the Act---
Total21728-

Table: Table XII.—Defects Found in Factories.

Table XII.—Defects Found in Factories.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted.
FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector.
Want of cleanliness1512--
Overcrowding----
Unreasonable temperature----
Inadequate ventilation21--
Ineffective drainage of floors----
Sanitary conveni-encesinsufficient22--
unsuitable or defective21--
not separate for sexes42--
Other offences(Not including offences relating to home-work or offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories & Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921, and re-enacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1937)----
Total2518--