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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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Table: The following notice of defects was received from H.M. Inspector of Factories during 1908. Notice was served on the person responsible, and the defects remedied:—

The following notice of defects was received from H.M. Inspector of Factories during 1908. Notice was served on the person responsible, and the defects remedied:—

Premises.Trade.Nature of Complaint.
54 Meyrick Rd.Only one w.c. for household and workroom in which three women and one man were at work at time of visit.

Table: Underground Workrooms. Excluding the underground bakehouses, there are 41 underground workshops and workplaces in Battersea, and the number in each trade is given below:—

Underground Workrooms. Excluding the underground bakehouses, there are 41 underground workshops and workplaces in Battersea, and the number in each trade is given below:—

Workshops.
Laundries11
Picture-frame making2
Cycle making3
Tailoring1
Fitters2
Workplaces.
Restaurant kitchens6
Meat chopping6
Small exempted laundries10

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Bakehouses.
Bakehouses are either factories or workshops within the meaning
of the Act, according as mechanical power is or is not used
in aid of the processes carried on. They are, therefore, subject to
the provisions of the Act, and although in the main the factory
bakehouses in the Borough are supervised by the Factory Inspectors,
by far the greater part of the work connected with the