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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 1924

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXXIV.DETAILS WITH REGARD TO REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

TABLE XXXIV.

DETAILS WITH REGARD TO REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.Number.
(1)(2)
Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here.Workshop Bakehouses61
Workshop Laundries47
Dressmakers' and Milliners' Workshops146
Bootmakers100
Smiths40
Builders43
Tailors70
Motor Engineers38
Other426
Total number of workshops on Register971

Table: TABLE XXXV.DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

TABLE XXXV.

DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Particulars.Number of Defects.No. of Prosecutions.
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—*
Want of cleanliness8585——
Want of ventilation————
Overcrowding44——
Want of drainage of floors————
Other nuisances120120——
Sanitary accommodation: Insufficient33——
Unsuitable or defective4242——
Not separate for sexes22——
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101)————
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)————
Total256256——

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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 Acts.