[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Lowestoft Borough and Port.

  • Lowestoft (England). Borough & Port Council.
Date:
1905
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Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Lowestoft Borough and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Report of Medical Officer of Health for 19Uoyfor the Borough of T.owestoft. Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework. i.—Inspection. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors, or Inspectors of Nuisances. Premises. Inspections. Number of Written Notices Prosecutions. Factories 30 • • , , (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops 145 • • • • (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces 800 • • Homeworkers’ Premises • • • » Total 975 • • • • 2.—Defects Found. Particulars. Nuisances under the Public Health Acts ;—* Want of cleanliness Want of ventilation Overcrowding Want of drainage of floors Other nuisances r insufficient accommodations ' unsuitable or defective l 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) .. Failure as regards list of outworkers (S. 107) Giving out work to be {wholesome (S. 108) done in premises \ which are {infected (S. 110) .. Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or small-pox (S. 109) Other offences Total Number of Defects Number of Prosecu¬ tions. Found. Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector 6 • • • • 6 • • 16 . . • • • • 16 •• • . i 22 22 ♦Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory Act, as remediable under the Public Health Acts. . ... t For districts not in London, state here whether Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted by the District Council; and if so what standard of sufficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation for persons employed in factories and workshops has been enforced.
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