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 Wealdstone]
This page requires JavaScript
18
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES
AND HOMEWORK.
l.~ INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Premises, | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 16 | ||
Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 42 | 4 | |
Workplaces | 4 | ||
Homeworkers' Premises | |||
Total | 62 | 4 |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
Want of Cleanliness | 1 | 1 | ||
Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | ||
Overcrowding | ||||
Want of drainage of floors | 1 | |||
Other Nuisances | 1 | 1 | ||
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 2 | 2 | ||
Total | 6 | 6 |
♦Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory Act as
remediable under the Public Health Acts.