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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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 | .. | 47 | 3 | 51 | 19 | 48 | 26 | 1 | 17 | 212 |
Want of cleanliness | .. | 7 | 11 | 17 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 40 |
Want of ventilation | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Overcrowding | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Sanitary Accommodation:— | ||||||||||
Insufficient | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Unsuitable or defective | .. | 6 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 15 |
Not separate for sexes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other nuisances | .. | 7 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 32 |
Failure to affix abstract | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 |
Number of males employed | .. | 115 | .. | 53 | 6 | .. | 29 | 1 | 3 | 207 |
Number of females employed | .. | 816 | .. | 347 | 38 | 190 | 82 | .. | 24 | 1497 |
Total number of persons employed | .. | 931 | .. | 400 | 44 | 190 | 111 | 1 | 27 | 1704 |
Number of Workshops discontinued | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 2 | 14 | .. | .. | 10 | 34 |
Number of Workshops re-inspected | .. | 1 | 16 | 45 | .. | 24 | 9 | 9 | .. | 104 |
Re-Visited | .. | 3 | .. | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | .. | 3 | 38 |
Rooms measured | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | 14 |
Space notices issued | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | 14 | 5 | .. | .. | 27 |
WILLIAM BUTLER,
Medical Officer of Health.
8th October, 1909.