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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
Hammersmith 1915
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1915
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| Laundries | 253 |
| Letterpress Printers and Bookbinders | 28 |
| Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 15 |
| Smiths, Wheelwrights and Coachbuilders | 20 |
| Tailors | 61 |
| Bottle Washing Works | 4 |
| Dry Cleaning, Dyeing and Carpet Beating Works | 8 |
| Firewood Cutters | 12 |
| Builders and Joiners (Machine) | 21 |
| Outworkers | 728 |
| Miscellaneous | 188 |
| 1,872 |
The whole of these premises have been under a
systematic inspection by your Inspectors, and numerous
improvements in the sanitary condition of these
premises have been carried out under their supervision.
TABLE I.
Prepared in accordance with the form required
by the Home Office on the administration of the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
I.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 399 | 75 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 594 | 84 | — |
| Workplaces (other than out-workers premises included in Part 3 of this report) | 1.474 | 100 | — |
| Total | 2,467 | 259 | — |