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
Wandsworth 1916
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| CLASS OF WORKS. | Number of Places | Number of Inspections, 1916. | Number of Notices. | Number of Prosecutions, 1916. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1915. | Added in 1916. | Removed in 1916. | On Register at end of 1916. | Intimation, 1916. | Statutory, 1916. | Under Factory Act. | Under Public Health Act. | ||||
| Premises | Rooms. | ||||||||||
| Factories | Factory Laundries | 95 | 3 | 11 | 87 | 348 | 188 | 4 | ... | ... | ... |
| ' Factory Bakehouses | 33 | 6 | 39 | 58 | 129 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Other Factories | 350 | 25 | 10 | 356 | 1,143 | 523 | 47 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Workshops | Workshop Laundries | 125 | 5 | 13 | 117 | 328 | 264 | 8 | ... | ... | ... |
| Workshop Bakehouses | 114 | ... | 6 | 108 | 108 | 416 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other Workshops | 1,410 | 75 | 169 | 1,316 | 1,752 | 1,690 | 71 | 4 | ... | ... | |
| Workplaces | Places where Food is prepared for Sale | 602 | 10 | 45 | 567 | 604 | 730 | 62 | ... | ... | ... |
| Workplaces other than the above | 556 | 47 | 74 | 529 | 776 | 814 | 19 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Home-workers' premises | 511 | 79 | 189 | 401 | 401 | 525 | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Total | 3.796 | 250 | 526 | 3.520 | 5,518 | 5,279 | 239 | 8 | ... | ... | |