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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
Fulham 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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87.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. I. Inspection of Factories, Workshops and
Workplaces.
Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 161 | 18 | — |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 384 | 34 | — |
| Workplaces (other than outworkers premises | |||
| Outworker's premises | 571 | 16 | — |
| Total | 111(5 | 68 | — |
II. Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises. | Number of Defects | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to II.M. Inspector. | No. of Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under Public Health Acts:— Want of cleanliness | 41 | 41 | — | — |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| Sanitary accommodation:— Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| Unsuitable or defective | 19 | 19 | — | — |
| Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Offences under Factory and Workshops Acts: Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses 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 | 72 | — | — | — |