[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.

  • Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 IN CONNECTION WITH Factories, Workshops. Laundries, Workplaces and Homework during 1908. 1. INSPECTION. Including Insi’ecitons made iiv Sanitary Inspectors or Inbpeciors of N Premises. (1) Number of Factories (ini'.ludiug Faiitory I.aundvies) .. Workshops (including Workshop Laundries Workplace.s (other than Oiitworki’i's’ pi'eni- ises included in Part 3 of this Report) Total .. Inspections. (2) 20 1141 G1 122.> AVritbin Not-ces. (31 2 63 6.5 Prosecations. (I) 2. DEFECTS FOUND. Number of Defects Particulars. (1) Found i2] Remcd’d Referred to H.M. Inspect'r l4] Nuisances under the Public Health Acts : — Want of cleanliness 39 .39 — Want of ventilation 2 2 — Overcrowding 1 1 — Want of drainage of floors 12 12 — Other Nuisances 10 10 — Sanitary accommodation insufficient nnsnitahle or defective not sejmrate for sexes Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act: — Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) Rreiich of special sanitaiy roiiuirements for hake.iou.ses (ss. !)7 to 100) Other Otfences (excluding offences relating to outwork wliich are included in Part 3 of this Report Total Number of Prosecu- | tions. [5] Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1H90, has been adopted, and the standard of sufficieiity enforced is in accord- ance with the Home Secretary’s Order of the 4th Feb., 1903. 163 99 163