Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Statement of principal items of work done under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, for the 4th Quarter ending December 31st, 1907.
Description of Defects, &c. | Factories- Miscellaneous. 1 | Factory Laundries. | Factories-Domestic. | Workshop Laundries. | Domestic Laundries. | Dressmakers. | Miscellaneous Workshops. | Bakehouses. | Outworkers. | Total. |
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Number inspected | 3 | 6 | .. | 12 | 8 | 52 | 60 | 5 | 146 | |
Want of cleanliness | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 11 | 20 | 1 | 39 |
Want of ventilation | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Sanitary Accommodation:- | ||||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Unsuitable or defective | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | IO |
Not separate for sexes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other nuisances | .. | 6 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 9 | 10 | .. | 33 |
Failure to affix abstract | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | i | 5 | .. | .. | 9 |
Number of males employed | 26 | 11 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 132 | 4 | 295 | |
Number of females employed | 22 | 58 | .. | 61 | .. | 22 | 25 | .. | 2 | 190 |
Total number of persons employed | 48 | 69 | .. | 68 | .. | 22 | 157 | 115 | 6 | 485 |
Number of Workshops discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | i | .. | 6 |
Number of Workshops newly discovered | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Re-Visited | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Rooms measured | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Space notices issued .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
WILLIAM BUTLER,
Medical Officer of Health.
January 14th, 1908.