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 1908
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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| Workrooms measured | 89 |
| Workshops notified to H.M. Inspector | 44 |
| Cards distributed showing number of persons legally employed in workrooms | 117 |
| Written intimations issued | 131 |
| Statutory notices served | 36 |
| Defects discovered in Workshops and remedied:— | |
| Workrooms in a dirty condition | 49 |
| „ overcrowded | 2 |
| „ badly ventilated | 1 |
| „ with defective walls or ceilings | 18 |
| ,, with defective floors | 8 |
| Workshops with defective yard paving | 6 |
| „ with defective drains | 1 |
| „ with blocked drains | 1 |
| „ without proper dustbins | 15 |
| „ with defective w.c. apparatus | 7 |
| „ with sanitary conveniences insufficient in number or absent | 3 |
| ,, with sanitary conveniences opening into workrooms | 1 |
| „ with sanitary conveniences without proper doors or fastenings | 14 |
| ,, with sanitary conveniences in dirty condition | 17 |
| Coal bins provided in bakehouses | 1 |
| Accumulation of refuse removed | 7 |
| Other defects remedied | 13 |