Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1904
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Defects discovered in Workshops and remedied:—
Workrooms in a dirty condition 141
,, overcrowded 12
,, badly lighted 2
,, badly ventilated 22
,, with defective walls or ceilings 23
,, with defective floors 20
,, floors not properly constructed to
drain off wet 10
Workshops with defective yard paving 15
,, with defective drains 4
,, with blocked drains 9
,, without proper dustbins 29
,, with defective w.c. apparatus 29
,, with sanitary conveniences insufficient
in number or absent 8
,, with sanitary conveniences badly
ventilated 4
,, with sanitary conveniences opening
into workrooms 8
,, with sanitary conveniences without
proper doors or fastenings 11
,, with sanitary conveniences in dirty
condition 24
Gullies removed from bakehouses 7
Coal bins provided in bakehouses 27
Accumulations of refuse removed 8
Other defects remedied 36
The following notices of defects in workshops were
received from H.M. Inspectors of Factories. In each case a
notice was served on the person responsible, and the defects
remedied.