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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
Hammersmith 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith, Metropolitan Borough of]
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INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, Etc.
Your Factory Inspector has during the year served
287 notices under the Factory and Workshop Act,
and during the same period 281 notices have been
complied with. During the previous year there were
273 notices served and 260 complied with.
Ihe following is a list of the Factories and Workshops upon the Register:—
| Restaurants, Hotels, &c. | 186 |
| Bakehouses (5 not used at present as Bakeries) | 67 |
| Bootmakers | 72 |
| Motor and Cycle Makers and Engineers | 51 |
| Dressmakers and Milliners | 269 |
| Laundries | 305 |
| Letterpress Printers and Bookbinders | 32 |
| Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 50 |
| Smiths, Wheelwrights and Coachbuilders | 33 |
| Tailors | 61 |
| Bottle Washing Works | 14 |
| Dry Cleaning, Dyeing, and Carpet Beating Works | 18 |
| Firewood Cutters | 15 |
| Builders and Joiners (Machine) | 31 |
| Outworkers | 588 |
| Miscellaneous | 122 |
| 1.914 |
The whole of these premises have been under a
systematic inspection by your special Inspector
appointed for that purpose, and numerous improvements
in the sanitary condition of these premises have
been carried out under his supervision.