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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
East Barnet Valley 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for 1919.
For the Urban District of East Barnet Valley, on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
1.—INSPECTION of FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 26 | 9 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 120 | 13 | — |
| Workplaces | 5 | 1 | — |
| Total | 151 | 23 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars, | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
| Want or cleanliness | 18 | 18 | |||
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | |||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | |||
| Want of Drainage of floors Other | Defective drains | 4 4 | 4 4 | ||
| nuisances | Animals kept | ||||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient unsuitable or | 1 | |||
| defective | 5 | 5 | |||
| not separate for sexes | |||||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | |||||
| Other offences | |||||
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||||
| Total | 35 | 34 | |||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshops Act, as remediable under the Public Health Acts,