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Fulham 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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TABLE A.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK
1.—INSPECTION.
(Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.)
PREMISES.
Number of
Inspections.
Written
Notices.
Prosecutions.
Factories
(Including Factory Laundries.)
102
26
-
Workshops
(Including Workshop Laundries.)
401
105
1
Workplaces
380
10S
1
Homeworkers' Premises
101
15
-
Total
984
254
2
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
PARTICULARS.
Number of Defects
Number
of
Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
*Nuisances under the Public Health Acts.
Want of Cleanliness
148
138
-
-
Want of Ventilation
5
5
—
-
Overcrowding
8
8
—
-
Want of Drainage of Floors
2
2
-
-
Other Nuisances
-
-
-
-
Sanitary
Accommodations
Insufficient
8
8
-
1
Unsuitable or Defective
1
1
-
-
Not Separate for Sexes
2
2
-
-
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act.
Illegal occupation of Underground Bakehouse (s. 101)
1
-
-
1
Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses
(ss. 97 to 100)
2
2
—
—
Failure as regard Lists of Outworkers (s. 107)
32
32
—
—
Giving out work to be
done in premises
which are
Unwholesome (s. 108)
-
-
-
-
infected (s. 110)
-
-
-
-
Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in Premises
infected by Scarlet Fever or Small-pox (s. 109)
-
-
-
-
Other offences
-
-
-
-
Total
209
198
-
2
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable under the
Public Health Acts.