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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 1909

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
and 56 other workshops, an increase of four other workshops, and
one laundry, compared with 1908, while the number of dressmakers
and milliners premises remained the same.
The total number of workplaces on the register is 265, a
decrease of 29 compared with 1908, of which 70 are laundries, and
195 miscellaneous premises, chiefly dressmakers and milliners.

Table: TABLE XC.

TABLE XC.

Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.WandsworthBorough.
I.—Factories inspected291640596186
,, re-inspected4172721
Sanitary conveniences insufficient1.........12
„ ,, unsuitable..................
„ „ not separate for sexes..................
„ „ defective211...26
Other nuisances......3...14
Intimation notices served314...412
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings..................
Nuisances referred to Medical Officer of Health1.........12
II.—Workshops inspected20192285302941008
,, re-inspected3244691053208
Workrooms inspected389278406466191738
„ overcrowded......1...12
„ insufficiently ventilated..................
„ in a dirty condition1049...528
Sanitary conveniences insufficient1............1
,, ,, unsuitable..................
,, „ not separate for sexes..................
„ „ defective1421513
Other nuisances347...620
Intimation notices served12121611758
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings..................
Number of workrooms measured2073043091
Number of workroom cards distributed312442652155
Workshops reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery211932428104
Workshops reported by H.M. Inspector242030435113
III.—Domestic workshops inspected8102441561
„ „ re-inspected3...84419
Workrooms found overcrowded..................
,, insufficiently ventilated..................
,, in a dirty condition.........1...1
Other nuisances..................
Intimation notices served.........1...1
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings......1......1
Domestic workshops reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery113128
IV.—Workplaces inspected ...64221285186351
,, re-inspected718412380
Workrooms inspected63341598l111448
,, found overcrowded..................
„ insufficiently ventilated..................
,, in a dirty condition3...22310
Sanitary conveniences insufficient..................
,, ,, unsuitable..................
„ „ not separate for sexes..................