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 Richmond]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
Bakehouses.
These have been periodically visited by the Medical
Officer, and generally found in a satisfactory condition.
The following is a summary of the work done during the
year under this Act:—
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.
1—INSPECTIONS.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 7 | l | — |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 79 | 16 | — |
Workplaces | 4 | — | — |
Homeworkers' Premises | 8 | — | — |
Total | 98 | 17 | — |
2—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H. M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
Want of cleanliness | 12 | 12 | — | — |
Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
Want of drainage of floors | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Other nuisances | 20 | 20 | — | — |
Sanitary accommodations— | ||||
Insufficient | — | — | — | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 5 | 5 | — | — |
Not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
44 | 44 | — | — |