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

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

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    FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS. The number of workshops struck off the register during the year was 278, made up as follows :• Metal Workers—including filecutters, table blade and other hand forgers, scissors forgers, chasers and engravers in the electro-plate trade ... 128 Wood Workers—including joiners, cabmet and cabinet case makers ... ... 74 Miscellaneous Shops—including 2 restaurant kitchens... ... ... ... 76 Total shops struck off register ... ... ... ... 278 45 Workshops were added to the register. The nett decrease therefore was 233. The following table shows the number of workshops on the register at the close of the year.— Bakehouses and confectioners, including factory bakehouses ... ... ... 434 Tailors, dressmakers and mdliners ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 247 Metal workers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 346 Woodworkers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 152 Hand Laundries ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 Restaurant Kitchens ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 61 Miscellaneous shops ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 224 Total workshops on register ... ... 1,480 Employers in the baking trade report a considerable decrease in the consumption of bread by the pubhc. They also state that Sheffield is no exception, as the whole country shows a like experience, and some of the trade journals have gone so far as to quote figures showing an actual decrease of 25% in the production of flour durmg the past few years. During the past year, 66 additional water-closets were provided in 8 factories and 17 work¬ shops, and the drains were relaid in connection with 14 premises and 6 water-closets were recon¬ structed. The usual table with regard to inspections and defects found is given below.— TABLE XXX.—Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Premises Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted Factories(including Factory Laundries) 919 106 Workshops (including Workshop Laimdries) 1,675 151 Workplaces 233 38 Homeworker’s premises 15 6 ... Total 2,842 301 Particulars Number of Defects Number of offences in Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector respect to which Prose¬ cutions were instituted Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— Want of cleanliness... 101 94 Want of ventilation 2 2 • • • • • . Overcrowding . . • • . • ♦ . . . * . Want of drainage of floors 4 4 . . . • • • Other nuisances 50 45 • • • ♦ • « Sanitary Accommodation—insufficient ... 10 8 • • • • • • unsuitable or defective 29 29 not separate for sexes 11 7 • • • Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts :— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) 2 2 Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) 57 57 Other offences 35 35 ... ... ... ...