London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hampton 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampton]
This page requires JavaScript
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORK PLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.— INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 10 | ||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 22 | NIL. | |
| Workplaces . (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part III. of this Report) | 22 | ||
| Total | 54 | ||
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | ||||
| Want of Ventilation | ||||
| Overcrowding | ||||
| Want of drainage of floors | ||||
| Other Nuisances | ||||
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
| Insufficient | ||||
| Unsuitable or defective | NIL. | |||
| Not separate for sexes | ||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100). | ||||
| Total | ||||
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8, of the Factory
and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.