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 1905
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1905
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The tables on pages 173-176 have been drawn up by the
Home Secretary "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) | 829 | 38 | ... |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 3,583 | 211 | ... |
| Workplaces | 648 | 192 | 3 |
| Homeworkers' Premises (excluding workshops) | 134 | 10 | ... |
| Total | 3,194 | 451 | 3 |