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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1908
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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The following is a list of the defects discovered and remedied in factories during 1908:—
| Defects in sanitary conveniences:— | |
| Defective w.c. apparatus | 19 |
| Want of ventilation to w.c. | 1 |
| Want of proper flush in urinals | 3 |
| Dirty condition of w.c.'s and urinals | 43 |
| Defective condition of urinals | — |
| Want of doors to w.c.'s | 1 |
| ,, screens to w.c.'s | — |
| fastenings to w.c.'s | — |
| separate accomodation for two sexes | 1 |
| „ proper and sufficient number of w.c.'s | — |
| W.C.'s opening direct into factories | 3 |
| Stoppage of drains | 4 |
| Defects in drains | — |
| Want of drainage of wet floor | 1 |
| Defective condition of roof | 2 |
| Accumulations of refuse | 3 |
| Defective condition of yard paving | 5 |
| Dilapidations | — |
| Dirty drinking water cistern | 1 |
| Other defects remedied | 5 |
| Total | 92 |
72 intimations and 8 Statutory notices were served, all of
which were complied with.
Workshops.
Workshops include any premises (not being factories) in which
manual labour is exercised by way of trade, or for purposes of
gain in, or incidental to, the making, altering, repairing, finishing
or adapting for sale of any article, and to or over which the
employer of the persons working there has the right of access or
control.
The workshops in Battersea arc under the supervision of the
two Workshop Inspectors—one male and one female inspector.
The former deals with workshops where men only are employed;
the latter with workshops where female labour is utilised. Workshops
where both male and female labour is employed are supervised
by both inspectors.
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