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 Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES 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) | 52 | 10 | |
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries | 115 | 9 | |
Workplaces (Other than Outworkers premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 56 | 12 | |
Total | 223 | 31 |
2.-DEFECTS FOUND
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | |||||
Want of Cleanliness | 4 | 4 | |||
Want of Vention | 1 | 1 | |||
Overcrowding | |||||
Want of Drainage of Floors | |||||
Other Nuisances | 12 | 12 | |||
Sanitary accommo dation | insufficient | 1 | 1 | ||
unsuitab'e or defeative . | 2 | 2 | |||
not separate for sexes | |||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S.101) | |||||
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses. | 5 | 5 | |||
(as. 97 to 100). Other offences | |||||
(Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||||
Total | 25 | 25 |