Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES
(Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.)
I.-Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises.
Number of
Inspections.
Written
notices.
Prosecutions.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Factories (including factory laundries)
143
33
-
Workshops (including workshop laundries)
360
56
-
Workplaces (other than outworkers'
premises)
Outworkers' premises
509
18
-
Total
1012
107
-
II.-Defects found in Factories, Workshops and
Workplaces.
Particulars.
Number of Defects.
No. of
Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to h.m.
Inspector.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—
Want of cleanliness
33
33
-
-
Want of ventilation
1
1
-
-
Overcrowding
2
2
-
-
Want of drainage of floors
1
1
-
-
Other nuisances
72
72
-
-
Sanitary accommodationInsufficient
9
9
-
-
Unsuitable or defective
74
74
-
-
Not separate for sexes
2
2
-
-
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts :
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)
1
1
-
-
Total
195
195
-
-