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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Table No. 44.—Defects Found.
Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | ||
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Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | ||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
Want of Cleanliness | 16 | 14 | - | — |
Want of Ventilation | — | — | - | — |
Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | - | — |
Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 3 | - | — |
Other Nuisances | 11 | 11 | - | — |
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 1 | 1 | - | — |
Unsuitable or defective | 7 | 7 | - | — |
Not separate for Sexes | 1 | 1 | - | — |
Unscreened for Sexes | 10 | 10 | - | — |
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (S. 101) | - | - | - | - |
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses SS. 97 to 100) | 11 | 10 | - | - |
Other offences | — | - | - | -— |
(Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | ||||
Total | 61 | 58 — | — | |
Table No. 45.—Registered Workshops.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1) | Number. (2) |
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Factories | 124 |
Factories, Laundries | 40 |
Workshops, Laundries | 20 |
Domestic Laundries | 10 |
Bakehouses | 64 |
Dressmakers | 26 |
Outworkers | 125 |
Blouse Makers | 19 |
Tailors | 25 |
Bootmakers | 81 |
Metalworkers | 11 |
Wood Workers | 6 |
Seamstresses | 4 |
Motor and Cycle Makers | 17 |
Upholsterers | 13 |
Milliners | 16 |
Miscellaneous | 25 |
Total number of Workshops on Register | 626 |
Table No. 46.—Other Matters.
Class. (1) | Number. (2) |
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Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | |
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 2 |
Action taken m matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5)— | |
Notified by H.M. Inspector | 7 |
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 4 |
Other | — |
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | |
Certificates granted during the year | — |
In use at the end of the year | 18 |