London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Battersea 1904
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1904
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The tables on pages 144-146 have been drawn up by the
Secretary of State, "for the guidance and convenience of
Medical Officers of Health in preparing that part of their
annual report which relates to factories, workshops, workplaces
and home work." It is intended "to provide for
uniformity in the presentation of such particulars as lend
themselves to statistical treatment."
Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and
Homework.
1.— Inspection (including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances).
| Premises. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 705 | 78 | Nil | |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 3,008 | 410 | ||
| Workplaces | 645 | 83 | ||
| Homeworkers' Premises | 343 | 98 | ||
| Total | 4,701 | 669 | — | |