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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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34.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. I. Inspection of Factories, Workshops and
Workplaces .
Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written notices. | Prosecu-tions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 105 | 15 | - |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 376 | 18 | - |
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises) | |||
| Outworker's premises | 417 | 16 | - |
| Total | 898 | 49 | - |
II. Defects found in Factories, Workshops and
Workplaces.
| Premises. | Number of Defects | No. of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to II.M. Inspector. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| - | - | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 25 | 25 | - | - |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Overcrowding .. | - | - | - | - |
| Want of drainage of floors | - | - | - | - |
| Other nuisances | 16 | 16 | - | - |
| Sanitary accommodation :— | ||||
| Insufficient.. | 5 | - | - | |
| Unsuitable or defective | 26 | 26 | - | - |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| - | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses | - | - | - | - |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministrv of Health (Factories and W orkshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921 | — | - | - | — |
| Total | 74 | 74 | - | - |