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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

Hampstead 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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Table: Defects found in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.

Defects found in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*:—
Want of cleanliness8282Nil.Nil.
Want of ventilation771Nil.
OvercrowdingNil.Nil.Nil.Nil.
Want of drainage of floors1010Nil.Nil.
Other nuisances135135Nil.Nil.
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient88Nil.Nil.
unsuitable or defective2121Nil.Nil.
not separate for sexes1010Nil.Nil.
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)Nil.Nil.Nil.Nil.
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.)Nil.Nil.Nil.Nil.
Totals2732731Nil.

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* Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.

Table: Factories. The following is a list of the different classes of Factories in Hampstead:—

Factories. The following is a list of the different classes of Factories in Hampstead:—

Bakers30Dairymen1
Bootmakers21Launderers2
Butchers7Motor and other engineers24
Cabinet makers and Upholsterers7Printers7
Other trades47
Carpet beaters2
Coffee roasters2Total152
Confectioners2