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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
Surbiton 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1.— INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 20 | ... | ... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 50 | 4 | ... |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 7 | ... | ... |
| Total | 77 | 4 | ... |
2 - DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Nuisances | 5 | 5 | ... | ... |
| Sanitary accommodation | ||||
| Insufficient | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Unsuitable or defective | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Not separate for sexes | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Offences:— | ||||
| Excluding offences under the sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order 1921 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 12 | 12 | ... | ... |
* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and
Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.