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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

Wandsworth 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE LXXX.—continued.

TABLE LXXX.—continued.

Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Borough.
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings..................
V.—Home work.
Premises inspected151877054179541
,, re-inspected Workrooms found overcrowded26......715
..................
,, insufficiently ventilated..................
„ in a dirty condition...2......13
Other nuisances4212211
Intimation notices served4412213
Statutory notices served..................
Legal proceedings..................
Cases of infective disease notified12...5412
Houses visited for inquiry and no work
room found5232711585255
Total number of premises inspected4893225251076182061
,, ,, ,, re-inspected19161833086
,, intimation notices served96741238
,, ,, complied with...6741238
,, statutory notices served..................
„ ,, ,, complied with..................
„ legal proceedings..................

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Table LXXXI. shows the number of factories, workshops,
domestic workshops, and workplaces on the Register at the close
of 1914, the number removed from, the number added during 1915,
and the number on the Register at the end of 1915. The number
of workrooms in workshops is also shown.
The factories and workshops are divided into dressmakers'
and milliners' premises, laundries, and miscellaneous premises;
and the workplaces are divided into laundries and miscellaneous
premises.
Of the 110 factories where women are employed, 73 are laundries
and 37 other factories, while of the total workshops, viz.:—471,
253 are dressmakers and milliners, 125 laundries, and 93 other