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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 1911
[Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1911]
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Factories, Workshops, 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) | 579 | 28 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1,314 | 75 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 1,716 | 73 | — |
| Total | 3,609 | 176 | — |
2.—Defects Found.
| Particulars | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | NIL. | NIL. | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 51 | 51 | |||
| Want of Ventilation | 4 | 4 | |||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | |||
| Other nuisances | 71 | 71 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation { | Insufficient | 10 | 10 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 87 | 87 | |||
| Not separate for sexes | 4 | 4 | |||
| — | — | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (Sec. 101) | — | — | |||
| Breach of Special Sanitary Requirements for Bakehouses (Sees. 97 to 100) | 32 | 32 | |||
| Other Offences (excluding Offences relating to Outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report) | — | — | |||
| Total | 262 | 262 | |||