Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922
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The following additional matters were dealt with by the District Inspectors:—
Ice-cream premises— | |
No. of inspections | 138 |
Other food places— | |
No. of inspections | 201 |
Smoke nuisances— | |
Complaints | 10 |
Observations | 73 |
Notices | 10 |
No. abated | 6 |
Factory and Workshops Acts.—The following inspections were made under the provisions of the above Acts during 1922:—
Premises. | Number of inspections. | Number of notices served. |
---|---|---|
Factories | 116 | 5 |
Workshops | 193 | 31 |
Workplaces | 48 | 7 |
Outworkers | 775 | 26 |
Result of Notices for Factories and Workshops.
Work done.
Walls and ceilings cleansed 22
Foul w.c. pans cleansed 3
W.c. seats repaired 1
W.c. doors repaired 2
Flushing apparatus repaired 5
Vent of w.c. repaired 1
Work of Female Inspector.—The greater part of
the work under the Factory and Workshops Acts is
carried out by the Female Sanitary Inspector, Mrs.
Davies, who also inspects regularly all restaurant
kitchens, particulars of which have already been
given.
She also carried out the following work:—
Visits. | Notices served. | |
---|---|---|
To verminous cases | 26 | 7 |
To infectious disease | 62 | 7 |
To dirty tenants | 5 | 4 |