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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Removal of Diseased or Infirm Persons to Hospitals or
Institutions.
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936, Sec. 224.
During the year it was found necessary to apply to the
Court for Orders for the removal of two persons who were
unable to devote to themselves proper care and attention
and living under insanitary conditions.
They were removed to Institutions of the London County
Council.
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.— During the
year 65 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 52 notices were complied with.
During the previous year there were 51 notices served
and 55 complied with.
The following is a list of the Factories, Workshops and Workplaces upon the Register:—
| Restaurants, Hotels, &c. | 194 |
| Bakehouses (28 not in use as Bakeries) | 67 |
| Bootmakers | 85 |
| Motor and Cycle Makers | 16 |
| Dressmakers and Milliners | 23 |
| Laundries | 44 |
| Outworkers | 105 |
| Letterpress Printers and Bookbinders | 18 |
| Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 83 |
| Smiths, Wheelwrights and Coachbuilders | 22 |
| Tailors | 22 |
| Builders, Carpenters and Joiners | 26 |
| Miscellaneous | 182 |
| Total | 837 |
The whole of these premises have been under a
systematic inspection by your Inspectors.
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,