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 Hampton]
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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.