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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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The number of factories, workshops, workplaces and home workers' premises is shown in Table XX., together with the number of inspections made.
| Class of Works. | Number of Places on Register at end of 1940. | Number of Inspections, 1940. | Number of Notices, 1940. | Number of Prosecutions, 1940. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 118 | 101 | _ | _ |
| Metalworkers, Carpenters, etc. | 112 | 37 | 2 | – |
| Engineering | 88 | 27 | — | – |
| Bootmakers | 78 | 19 | _ | _ |
| Car and Cycle Repairers | 76 | 17 | _ | _ |
| Laundries | 50 | 15 | _ | |
| Printers and Paper Manufacturers | 37 | 15 | – | – |
| Clothing | 33 | 6 | _ | – |
| Food | 32 | 77 | _ | |
| Builders and Contractors | 25 | _ | _ | |
| Others | 62 | 18 | — | — |
| 711 | 341 | 4 | — | |
| 676 | 182 | _ | _ | |
| 80 | 28 | |||
| 1,467 | 551 | |||
| 550 | 54 | – | — | |
| 605 | 5 |
A classification of workshops in the Borough is given in
Table XXI., and details about homeworkers' premises in Table
XXII. The number and nature of the defects found in the
factories, workshops and workplaces are enumerated in Table
XXIII.