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 West Ham]
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1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers Prosecuted. (4) | |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 178 | 4 | ... |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 202 | 20 | ... |
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) Total | 255 | 6 | ... |
635 | 30 | ... |
2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
1 articulars. | Number of Detects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosr-eotions were instituted. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. I nspector. | ||
(i) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (6) |
Nuisances under the Public | ||||
Health Acts*:— | ||||
Want of cleanliness | 20 | 20 | 1 | ... |
Want of ventilation | 6 | 6 | ... | ... |
Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Want of drainage of floors | ...... | ... | ... | ... |
Other Nuisances | 7 | 7 | ... | ... |
Sanitary Accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Unsuitable or defective... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
Not separate for sexes | ||||
Offonces under the Factory and Workshop Acts: | ||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ||||
Other Offences | ... | ... | ... | ... |
(Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order. 1921.) | ||||
Total | 35 | 35 | 2 | ... |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory
and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Act*.
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