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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 1924
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1924
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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.
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 741 | 39 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshops Laundries) | 470 | 44 | — |
| Workplaces (other than out-workers premises included in Part 3 of this report) | 465 | 27 | - |
| Total | 1,676 | 110 | - |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | Number of Prosecutions | |
| Want of Cleanliness | 49 | 51 | — | — |
| Want of Ventilation | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Other Nuisances | 30 | 29 | — | — |
| Sanitary insufficient | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Accommo unsuitable or defective | 45 | 48 | — | — |
| dation not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to out-work which are included in Part 3 of this report) | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Total | 141 | 145 | — | — |