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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
Croydon 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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WORKPLACES.
At the end of the year there were 69 workplaces on the register,
55 visits to eating-house kitchens have been made, and 9 nuisances
discovered and abated.
The following is a list of the various matters which required attention:—
| Factories. | Workshops | Laundries | Bakehouses. | Workplaces. | Outworkers. | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screening of W.C's. | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Cleansing, etc. | — | 9 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 54 |
| Insufficient W.C. accom-modation | 2 | 10 | — | — | 1 | — | 13 |
| Defective ditto | 23 | 19 | 1 | — | — | 43 | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dustbins | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paving | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Want of ventilation of stoves | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Want of intervening ventilated space | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Drinking water supply .. | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Sundrygdefects | 1 | 3 | — | 16 | — | — | 20 |
| 30 | 49 | 2 | 44 | 9 | 8 | 142 |
Preliminary Notices served—
Factories 9
Workshops 19
Workplaces 4
Bakehouses
32
These 32 notices were duly complied with; the remainder of
the matters requiring attention were satisfactorily dealt with by
verbal notice.
Sixty-five communications were sent to H.M. Inspector of
Factories in accordance with the various requirements of the Act.
SMOKE NUISANCES.
There were 19 observations made.
RAG FLOCK ACT, 1912.
No samples were taken under this Act during 1920.