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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
Barnes 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910 for
the Urban District of Barnes
on the administration of the Factory & Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
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) | 34 | 2 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 317 | 11 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 68 | - | - |
| Total | 419 | 13 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pound. | Remedied. | Referred to 11 M. Inspector | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 10 | 10 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sanitary ac- commodation | insufficient | - | - | -_ | — |
| unsuitable or defective | — | — | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act- | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | -_ | - | - | -_ | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report). | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 13 | 13 | — | — | |
Sec. 22 of P.H.A.A.A., 1890, is in force, and 1 closet is required for 20 persons,
or less, of each sex.