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Hammersmith 1902

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1902

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54
SANITARY NOTICES AND ADMINISTRATION.
During last year 3,982 notices were reported as
having been served by your Sanitary Inspectors, having
for their object the removal or prevention of nuisances
or insanitary conditions, against 3,286 in the previous
vear, and during last year 2,916 notices were reported
as having been complied with against 2,373 in the
previous year. The House-to-House Inspection has been
continued during the year. This Inspector reports that
during the year he has inspected 3,418 houses and other
premises in the Borough, against 3,224 houses in the
previous year. The defects in premises discovered, as
the result of his inspection, were as usual dealt with by
the four District Sanitary Inspectors.
Your Factory Inspector has during the year served
247 notices under the Factory and Workshop Act, and
during the same period 245 notices have been complied
with. During the previous year there were 236 notices
served and 235 complied with.

The following is a list of the Factories and Workshops upon the Register:—

Restaurants. Hotels, &c64
Bakehouses(54
Bootmakers50
Motor and Cycle Makers and Engineers25
Dressmakers and Milliners207
Laundries321
Letterpress Printers and Bookbinders26
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers43
Smiths, Wheelwrights, and Coachbuilders34
Tailors42
Bottle Washing Works12
Dry Cleaning, Dyeing, and Carpet Beating Works16
Firewood Cutters12
Builders and Joiners (Machine)30
Outworkers176
Miscellaneous73
Total1,195