London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Merton and Morden 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton and Morden]

This page requires JavaScript

20
2— DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES
N umber of Defects.
Particulars. Pound. Remedied.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—*
Want of cleanliness 2 2
Want of ventilation - -
Overcrowding — —
Want of drainage of floors — —
Other Nuisauces — —
insufficient 1 1
Sanitary accommodation unsuitable or defective 1 1
(. not for separate sexes — —

Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:—

Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)--
Breach of special sanitary requirement for bakehouses, ss. 97 to 100--
Other offences, excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report--
Total44

3.—HOMEWORK.
OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SUCTION 107.
List? received from Employers Nil
Lists received from other Councils 10

4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.

Bakehouses8
Laundries5
Silk Printers2
Block Cutters2
Cycle Makers2
Total number of Workshops on Register19

* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 oi the Factory and
Workshops Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts
The whole of Part III of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890,
is in force.