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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for 1920.
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 and Workplaces.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 22 | 4 | |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 127 | 10 | |
| Workplaces | 10 | 2 | |
| Total | 159 | 16 | |
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 of cleanliness | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Overcrowding | 1 | |||||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | |||||
| Other nuisances | Defective drains | 9 | 2 | |||
| Animals kept | 9 | |||||
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | ||||
| unsuitable or defective not seperate for sexes | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act- | ||||||
| Illegal occupation of under-ground 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 | 26 | 26 | ||||
Including those specified in Section 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and
Workshop Act, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.