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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
Tottenham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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31
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
In compliance with Section 132, I have to submit a resume of the
work effected during the year—under the provisions of the above Actin
the form prescribed by the Home Office:—
1.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 307 | 12 | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 361 | 27 | - |
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 170 | 16 | - |
| Total | 838 | 55 | — |
2.—
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 45 | 45 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | - | — | |
| Other nuisances | 13 | 13 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | "insufficient | - | - | - | - |
| unsuitable or defective | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes .. | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 68 | 68 | - | - | |
| *Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Work shop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. | |||||