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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
Hampstead 1910
Report for the year 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Factories.
The sanitation of factories is largely controlled by the Factory
Inspectors, but duties of considerable importance relating to general
sanitation devolve upon the Borough Council, who are responsible,
among other duties, for the administration of Section 38 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891. The section imposes upon the Council
the duty of securing "suitable and sufficient accommodation in the
way of sanitary conveniences "for the persons of both sexes employed
in the Hampstead factories, workshops, and workplaces.
The following is a list of the different classes of factories in Hampstead:—
| Hampstead:- | ||||
| Art Metal Workers | 2 | Dairymen | 2 | |
| Bakehouses | Laundries | 6 | ||
| Bootmakers | 7 | Motor Workers | 4 | |
| Builders | 4 | Printers | 9 | |
| Butchers | Other trades | 18 | ||
| Carpet Beaters | 2 | 69 | ||
| Coffee Roasters | 5 | |||
The five tables that follow have been framed by the Home Secretary
"for the guidance and convenience of Medical Officers of Health in
preparing that part of their Annual Report which relates to factories,
workshops, workplaces, and homework."
| Premises.(1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections.(2) | Written Notices.(3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 78 | — | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 763 | 22 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report | 1010 | 23 | — |
| Total | 1851 | 45 | — |