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
Hammersmith 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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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) | 413 | 35 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 119 | 10 | — |
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this report) | 212 | 20 | — |
| Total | 744 | 65 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORK-SHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 21 | 17 | _ | _ | |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | |||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | 5 | 5 | _ | — | |
| Other Nuisances | 15 | 11 | _ | _ | |
| Sanitary Accommo-dation | insufficient | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 38 | 31 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | _ | — | _ | — | |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to out-work which are included in Part 3 of this report) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 83 | 68 | — | — | |