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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Tottenham 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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82
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
In compliance with section 132, I beg to submit a
resume of the work effected during the year—under the
provisions of the above Act—in the form prescribed by
the Home Office :—
1.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 189 | 37 | ... |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | |||
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report). | 832 | ||
| Total | 1,011 | 37 | ... |
2.—
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 22 | 22 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 7 | 7 | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | ... | ... | ... | .. | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (s.s. 97 to 100) | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in part 3 of this Report) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 40 | 40 | ... | ... | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.