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 1st Quarter ending April 3rd, 1909.
Description of Defects, &c. | Factories— Miscellaneous. | Factory Laundries. | Factories-Domestic. | Workshop Laundries. | Domestic Laundries. | Dressmakers. | Miscellaneous Workshops. | Bakehouses. | Outworkers. | Total. |
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Number inspected | .. | 17 | .. | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 24 | 17 | 117 |
Want of cleanliness | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 9 | .. | 17 |
Want of ventilation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• |
Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Sanitary Accommodation'— | ||||||||||
Insufficient | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Unsuitable or defective.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Not separate for sexes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Other nuisances | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 |
Failure to affix abstract | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Number of males employed | .. | 34 | .. | 13 | 5 | 2 | 76 | 30 | 4 | 161 |
Number of females employed | .. | 217 | .. | 67 | 27 | 121 | 14 | .. | 18 | 464 |
Total number of persons employed | .. | 251 | .. | 80 | 32 | 123 | 90 | 30 | 22 | 628 |
Number of Workshops discontinued | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .. | 3 | 26 |
Number of Workshops re-inspected | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
Re-Visited | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | • • | 1 | 4 |
Rooms measured | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Space notices issued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
WILLIAM BUTLER, Medical Officer of Health. 30th April, 1909. |