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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INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES
TABLE 12
Premises.
Number of
Inspections.
Written
Notices.
Occupiers
Prosecuted.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Factories (including factory laundries)
579
66
-
Workshops (including workshop laundries)
133
4
-
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises)
192
12
-
Total
904
82
-
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES
TABLE 13
Particulars.
Number of defects.
Number
of offences
in respect
of which
Prosecutions
were
instituted.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Nuisances tinder the Public Health Acts:—
Want of cleanliness
60
60
—
—
Want of ventilation
2
1
1
—
Overcrowding
—
—
—
—
Want of drainage of floors
6
6
—
—
Other nuisances
25
25
—
—
Sanitary accommodation—
Insufficient
—
—
—
—
Unsuitable or defective
18
18
—
—
Not separate for sexes
2
2
—
—
Offences under the Factory and Workshop
Acts:—
Illegal occupation of underground
bakehouses (Section 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).
Total
113
112
1
—