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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 1911
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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Workshops inspections and re-inspections 1,314
Workrooms measured 124
Workshops notified to H.M. Inspector 28
Cards distributed showing number of persons legally
employed in workrooms 32
Written intimations issued 69
Statutory notices served 6
Defects discovered in Workshops and remedied:—
Workrooms in a dirty condition 63
„ overcrowded 1
„ badly ventilated 4
„ with defective walls or ceilings 8
„ with defective floors 2
Workshops with defective yard paving 3
„ with defective drains —
„ with blocked drains 4
„ without proper dustbins 9
„ with defective w.c. apparatus 18
„ with sanitary conveniences insufficient
in number or absent 5
,, with sanitary conveniences opening into
workrooms 3
,, with sanitary conveniences without
proper doors or fastenings —
„ with sanitary conveniences in dirty
condition 14
Coal bins provided in bakehouses 7
Accumulation of refuse removed 7
Other defects remedied 10
The following notices of defects were received from H.M. Inspector of Factories during 1911 and received attention:—
| Premises. | Trade. | Nature of Complaint. |
|---|---|---|
| Nine Elms Lane | Engineers | W.C's. not partitioned off. |
| Este Road | Firewood | Entrances to W.C's. not screened off. |