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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

Tottenham 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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SANITARY WORK CARRIED OUT BY FEMALE
SANITARY INSPECTOR.
Visits to Outworkers' Premises 774
,, Workshops 80
„ Laundries 6
,, Factories 3
Complaints Investigated 78
Miscellaneous Visits 7
Re-inspections 347
Swabs Taken 1,543
S. F. Contacts Examined 371
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
In compliance with section 132, I have to submit a resume of
the work effected during the year—under the provisions of the above
Act—in the form prescribed by the Home Office:—
1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Table: Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.

PremisesNumber of
InspectionsWritten NoticesProsecutions
Factories (including Factory Laundries)23254...
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)373
Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report).
Total60554...