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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

Wandsworth 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 151 Factory and Workshops Act, 1901.Summary of work of the lady Sanitary Inspector.TABLE LX1.

Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 151 Factory and Workshops Act, 1901.

Summary of work of the lady Sanitary Inspector.

TABLE LX1.

ClaphamPutneyStreathamTootingWandsworthBorough
1. Total number of houses
visited2351575581183611429
2 Workshop inspections7655149221094I1
3 Workshop re-inspections5°4913232109372
4. Workroom inspections1498022427209689
5. Workrooms found overcrowded3..5....8
6. Workrooms insufficiently ventilated..11....2
7. Workrooms in a dirty condition1810932969
8. Number of Workrooms measured825722424173560
9. Workshops reported to H M. Inspector on discovery7163352283
10 Wordshops reported to H M. Inspector on discovery (domestic)189682034149
11. Workshops reported by H.M. Inspector..4..7314
12. Workshops removed from register2161616
13. Houses visited for enquiry and no workroom found2911551430139
14. Domestic workshops and workplaces inspected51311212969301
15. Outworkers' homes visited289721415138
16. Special visits made under Public Health (London) Act 1891122972968
17. Intimation notices served12101581459
18. Statutory notices served1......12
19. Notices complied with651271040
20. Nuisances reported to Medical Officer of Health1710299772
21. Sanitary defects remedied—
(a) Additional means of ventilation provided..11....2
(6) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed95761441
(e) Yards, floors, roofs, etc., repaired3211411
(d) Sanitary conveniences; defects remedied5193826
(e) Dustbins provided..11....1
(/) Miscellaneous defects remedied..14117
22. Number of workroom cards distributed865620727218594