[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1935
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES FACTOEY AND WOEKSHOP ACTS, 1901 AND 1907 The Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (s. 132), requires the Medical Officer of Health in his annual report to the Council to report sj-ecifically on the administration of that Act in workshops and work- places. The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year. 1.—Inspection of factories, workshops and workplaces Xo. of Premises Inspections Written notices Prosecutions Factories (including Factory Laundries) 2 i — — Worksho])S (including Woiksliop Laundries) ... 1 So 7 — Workplaces (other tlian Outworkersq)remtses)... 13 ' — — Total noi 7 — : 2.—Defects found in factories, workshops and workplaces Xo. of defects Xumher Referred of Found Remedied , to H..M. 1 Inspector prosecutions 24 24 1 ! ! - 0 9 — — 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 8 — — 42 42 — — Particul.ars Nuisances under the rahlic Health Acts Want of cleanliness Want of ventilation Overcrowding Want of drainage of floors Other nuisances Sanitary accommodation— Insuflicient Unsuitable or defective Not separate for sexes Offences under the Factory ti' JForkshops'Acts- Illegal occupation of underground bake- house (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 ‘Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927291_0087.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
