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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
Wandsworth 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Factories and Workshops.
TABLE XXXIX.
| Class of Works. | Number of Places on Register at end of 1929. | Number of Inspections, 1929. | Number of Notices, 1929. | Number of Prosecutions, 1929. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories:- | ||||
| Factory Laundries | 56 | 60 | - | - |
| Factory Bakehouses | 77 | 273 | 4 | - |
| Other Factories | 442 | 398 | 10 | - |
| Total | 575- | 731 | 14 | - |
| Workshops:— | ||||
| Workshop Laundries | 35 | 33 | - | - |
| Workshop Bakehouses | 50 | 200 | 3 | - |
| Other Workshops | 711 | 557 | 9 | - |
| Total | 796 | 790 | 12 | - |
| Workplaces | 167 | 159 | 3 | - |
| Total : Factories, Workshops and Workplaces | 1.538 | 1,680 | 29 | - |
| Home-workers' premises | 502 | 397 | 11 | - |
| Grand Total | 2,040 | 2,077 | 40 |
TABLE XLII.
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND
WORKPLACES.
Particulars.
Number of Defects.
No.
of
Prosecutions.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Nuisances under the Public
Health Acts:—*
Want of cleanliness
32
27
-
-
Want of ventilation
-
-
-
-
Overcrowding
-
-
-
-
Want of drainage of floors
-
-
-
-
Other Nuisances
28
21
-
-
Sanitary accommodation:
Insufficient
4
1
-
-
Unsuitable or defective
36
24
-
-
Not separate for sexes
-
-
-
-
Offences under the Factory
and Workshop Acts:—
Illegal occupation of underground
bakehouses
(s. 101)
-
-
-
-
Other offences
-
-
-
-
(Excluding offences relating
to outwork and
offences under the Sections
mentioned in the
Schedule to the Ministry
of Health (Factories
and Workshops
Transfer of Powers)
Order, 1921)
Total
100
73
-
-
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory
and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts.