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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 1937
[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 | - | |
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) |
| 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 | — | — |
| 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 | — |