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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
Merton and Morden 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton and Morden]
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TABLE VI.—(l) Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.
Including Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisancer.
| Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Premises. | Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prr seditions. |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 43 | 5 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 74 | 2 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers, Premises) | 20 | — | - |
| Total | 137 | 7 | — |
(2) Defects found in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.
| Particulars. 1 | -No of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. 2 | Remedied 3 | Referred to H.1NI. Inspector 4 | ||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts : | ||||
| Want of cleanliness | 11 | 11 | — | - |
| Want of ventilation | - | - | - | — |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Want of drainage of floors | - | — | _ | - |
| Other nuisances | _ | __ | _ | _ |
| Sanitary accommodation | ||||
| Insufficient | 1 | 1 | _ | - |
| Unsuitable or defective | 2 | 2 | _ | - |
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshops Acts : | - | - | - | - |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | — | — | — | - |
| Other Offences | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 16 | 16 | — | — |