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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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West Croydon Men's Hostel.
Clothes may be washed and dried in the wash-house provided. The average number of nightly lettings during the year was 100, and the number accommodated during the year 36,434. The receipts and expenditure for the past 5 years has been as follows:—
| Receipts. | Expenditure. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1943 | 1,039 | 0 | 0 | 1,480 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | 1,119 | 0 | 0 | 1,785 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | 1,285 | 0 | 0 | 1,965 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | 1,426 | 0 | 0 | 2,348 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | 1,597 | 0 | 0 | 2,450 | 0 | 0 |
Houses—Sanitary Certificates.
House drains and sanitary fittings are tested and examined on
request, at a fee. During the year 11 such requests were made.
FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
During the year the under-mentioned inspections have been made and defects were found as set out: —
FACTORIES.
Inspection.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories:— With Mechanical Power | 199 | 62 | - |
| Without Mechanical Power | 81 | 56 | — |
| Outworkers and Employers of outworkers | 68 | — | - |
| Total | 348 | 118 | — |