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 1910
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Workshops inspections and re-inspections | 1,947 |
Workrooms measured | 136 |
Workshops notified to H.M. Inspector | 64 |
Cards distributed showing number of persons legally employed in workrooms | 183 |
Written intimations issued | 168 |
Statutory notices served | 7 |
Defects discovered in Workshops and remedied:— | |
Workrooms in a dirty condition | 62 |
„ overcrowded | 1 |
„ badly ventilated | 2 |
„ with defective walls or ceilings | 9 |
„ with defective floors | 4 |
Workshops with defective yard paving | 9 |
,, with defective drains | — |
„ with blocked drains | 7 |
„ without proper dustbins | 14 |
„ with defective w.c. apparatus | 18 |
,, with sanitary conveniences insufficient in number or absent | 4 |
,, with sanitary conveniences opening into workrooms | 1 |
,, with sanitary conveniences without proper doors or fastenings | 2 |
„ with sanitary conveniences in dirty condition | 18 |
Coal bins provided in bakehouses | — |
Accumulation of refuse removed | 13 |
Other defects remedied | 45 |
The following notices of defects were received from H.M. Inspector of Factories during 1910 and received attention :—
Premises. | Trade. | Nature of Complaint. |
---|---|---|
24 Chatto Road | Dressmaking | Workshop in dirty condition. |
128 Bridge Road West | Laundry | Door of W.C. off its hinges. |
Gideon Road | Laundry | Effluvia from sanitary con-veniences. |
Battersea Park Road | Laundry | No fastenings on W.C. doors. |