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Hammersmith 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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37
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL
POWERS) ACT, 1928.
During the year it was found necessary to apply to the
Court for Orders for the removal of five persons who were
unable to devote to themselves proper care and attention
and living under insanitary conditions.
The Court made an Order in each case for their removal
to the Hammersmith Institution.
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.— During the
year 66 notices were served in reference to insanitary conditions
and defects found to exist during the inspection of
the factories, workshops and workplaces in the Borough,
and during the same period 48 notices were complied with.
During the previous year there were 65 notices served
and 68 complied with.
The following is a list of the Factories, Workshops and Workplaces upon the Register:—
| Restaurants, Hotels, &c. | 150 |
| Bakehouses (22 not in use as Bakeries) | 67 |
| Bootmakers | 53 |
| Motor and Cycle Makers | 37 |
| Dressmakers and Milliners | 71 |
| Laundries | 68 |
| Outworkers | 196 |
| Letterpress Printers and Bookbinders | 19 |
| Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 87 |
| Smiths, Wheelwrights and Coachbuilders | 58 |
| Tailors | 46 |
| Builders, Carpenters and Joiners | 41 |
| Miscellaneous | 348 |
| Total | 1,241 |
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.