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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead]
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TABLE V. DISTRICT OF WANSTEAD.
1—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premise | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | Inspections. (2) | Written Notices (3) | Prosecutions (4) |
| Factories—Including Factory Laundries | 12 | 1 | .. |
| Workshops—Including Workshop Laundries | 67 | 5 | .. |
| Workplaces (other than utworkers' premises, included in Part 3 of this Report) | 16 | 1 | .. |
| Totals | 95 | 7 | .. |
2.— DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Want of Cleanliness | 10 | 10 | .. | .. |
| Other Nuisances | 8 | 8 | .. | .. |
| Sanitary accommodation unsuitable or defective | 4 | .. | .. | |
| Total | 22 | 22 | .. | .. |