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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
Fulham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers prosecuted. (4) | |
| Factories (including factory laundries) | 613 | 31 | — |
| Workshops (including workshop laundries) | 179 | 5 | — |
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' promises) | 285 | 24 | — |
| Total | 1,077 | 60 | — |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. TABLE 13.
| Particulars. (1) | Number of defects. | Number of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 30 | 30 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 8 | 8 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | — | — | — | — | |
| Sanitary accomodation | insufficient | 11 | 11 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 13 | 13 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops (Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921.) | 23 | 23 | |||
| Total | 87 | 87 | — | — | |