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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 1923
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1923
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Factories and Workshops, etc.—During the year 114 notices
were served in reference to insanitary conditions and defects
found to exist during the inspection of the factories, workshops
and work-places in the Borough, and during the same period
115 notices were complied with.
During the previous year there were 104 notices served
and 106 complied with.
The following is a list of the Factories and Workshops upon the Register:-
| Restaurants, Hotels, &c. | 199 |
| Bakehouses (13 not in use as Bakeries) | 62 |
| Bootmakers | 70 |
| Motor and Cycle Makers | 26 |
| Dressmakers and Milliners | 86 |
| Laundries | 68 |
| Outworkers | 252 |
| Letterpress Printers and Bookbinders | 18 |
| Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 60 |
| Smiths, Wheelwrights and Coachbuilders | 24 |
| Tailors | 54 |
| Builders, Carpenters and Joiners | 37 |
| Miscellaneous | 350 |
| Total | 1,306 |
The whole of these premises have been under a systematic
inspection by your Inspectors and numerous improvements
have been carried out under their supervision.
The following tables have been prepared in accordance
with the form prescribed by the Home Office on the Administration
of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, in connection
with Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.