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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Refort of the Medical Officer of Health
165
| PARTICULARS. | NUMBER OF DEFECTS. | Notices Prose-Issued, cutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Notified by Home Office. | Remedied. | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 214 | 2 | 216 | 126 | 2 | |
| Want of Ventilation | 16 | 6 | 22 | 16 | ... | |
| Want of Air Space: Overcrowding | 28 | 1 | 29 | 9 | ... | |
| Sanitary Accommodation (s. 38). | Insufficient | 54 | 1 | 54 | 43 | 2 |
| Unsuitable | 49 | 2 | 51 | 45 | ... | |
| Not Separate for Sexes | 15 | ... | 15 | 10 | ... | |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other Nuisances — | 291 | 1 | 292 | 257 | i | |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Occupying Underground Bakehouse without Certificate ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 25 | ... | 25 | 25 | ||
| Failure as regards Lists of Outworkers . (s. 107) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Giving out work be done in pi mises which a | Unwholesome(s. 108) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Infected (s. no) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Allowing Wearing Apparel to be made in Premises infected by Scarlet Fever or Small-pox (s. 109) ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other Contraventions | ... | ... | • • | ... | ... | |
| Total | 692 | 13 | 704 | 541 | 5 | |
Abstract not affixed 70
Cases reported to H.M. Inspector As to action taken in cases notified 13
.Other cases (domestic workshops) 115
Number of underground bakehouses in use at the end of 1903 59
Certificates granted (S. 101) 48
Number of workshop rooms measured 2,056
The next Table shows in detail the work of the Inspectors
in workshops where men chiefly are employed.
The Table is sufficiently detailed and calls for little explanation.
The work done in each sub-district is separated, and is
grouped under five chief divisions,—(1) Factories, (2) Workshops,
(3) Domestic Workshops, (4) Workplaces, and (5) Outworkers'
premises.