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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| Class. | Number. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— | |||||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 67 | ||||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health-Acts, but not under the Factory Act (S. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 3 | |||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors | 3 | ||||
| Other | 3 | ||||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101) :— | |||||
| Certificates granted during the year | ... | ||||
| In use at the end of the year | 48 | ||||
| Number of | |||||
| Homework :— | Lists. | Outworkers. | |||
| Lists received | 33 | 365 | |||
| Addresses of outworkers - | forwarded to other Authorities | 231 | |||
| received from other Authorities | 146 | ||||
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | ||||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | ... | ... | |||
| Cases of infectious disease notified in homeworkers' premises | 5 | ... | |||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | ... | ... | |||
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of 1905 :— | |||||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bake houses, may be enumerated here. | Workshop Bakehouses | 162 | |||
| ,, Laundries | 125 | ||||
| Dressmakers and Milliners' Workshops | 328 | ||||
| Bootmakers | 141 | ||||
| Smiths | 52 | ||||
| Builders | 52 | ||||
| Tailors | 30 | ||||
| Other | 811 | ||||
| Total number of workshops on Registers | 1,701 | ||||