[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

  • Wakefield (England). City Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1927, for the County Borough of Wakefield, on the adminis¬ tration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with :— Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. 1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Including Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances. Premises. 1 ] Inspections, 2 S^umber of Written Notices. 3 Occupiers Prosecuted. A 1 Factories (includiagr Factory Laundries) 8 Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) 134 2 — Workplaces (other than Outworkers’ premises) 46 — — Total 188 2 — 2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Nui nber of Defects. Number of Offences in respect to which ^ Prosecutions were Instituted. 1 \ Particulars. 1 T3 a SJ o .1^ 2 a V 3 Referred to H.M. Inspector. Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— Want of Cleanliness 7 7 Want of Ventilation 3 3 — — Overcrowding — — — — Want of Drainage of floors — — — — Other Nuisances 4 4 — — Sanitary (insufficient 3 3 — — accommo- 1 unsuitable or defective .. 7 7 — — dation. 1 not separate for sexes — — — — Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts :— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) .. .. •• .. .. .. Other offences :— (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops, Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921. Total 24 24 — — 3.—Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. No premises have been dealt with under this Section.