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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Occupiers Prosecuted. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 311 | 20 | — |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 133 | 9 | — |
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this report) | 107 | 6 | — |
| Total | 551 | 35 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORK SHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| 15 | 14 | — | — | |
| Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding | _ | — | — | — |
| Want of Drainage of Floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other Nuisances | 11 | 9 | _ | — |
| Sanitary insufficient. | — | — | — | — |
| Accommo- unsuitable or defective | 17 | 12 | — | — |
| dation not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | |
| Other Offences | — | — | — | _ |
| (excluding offences relating to out-work which are included in Part 3 of this report) | ||||
| Total | 43 | 35 | — | — |