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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
Hackney 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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During 1924, Miss Tebay, the Workshops Inspector, made
2,253 inspections and re-inspections of factories and workshops
where females are employed. In connection with these inspections,
216 intimation and 43 statutory notices were served and 2
summonses issued for the abatement of the nuisances found.
The Factory and Workshops Act, 1901.
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
I.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 242 | 47 | - |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 2,199 | 338 | 2 |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 31 | 5 | - |
| Total | 2,472 | 390 | 2 |