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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
Carshalton 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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2. Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Particulars 1 | Number of Defects | Number of offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found 2 | Remedied 3 | Referred to H.M. Inspector 4 | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances | — | — | — | — |
| Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | — | — | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | — | — | — |
| 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) | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | 3 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.
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