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Wandsworth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The number of factories, workshops, workplaces and home
workers' premises is shown in Table XXXIII., together with
the number of inspections made. The inspection of food premises
are not included in this Table, but are shown in Table
XXXVII.
TABLE XXXIII.
| Class of Works. | Number of Places on Register at end of 1927. | Number of Inspections, 1927. | Number of Notices 1927. | Number of Prosecutions, 1927. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories :— | ||||
| Factory Laundries | 60 | 68 | 7 | - |
| Factory Bakehouses | 69 | 218 | - | - |
| Other Factories | 435 | 526 | 29 | - |
| 564 | 812 | 36 | --- | |
| Workshops :— | ||||
| Workshop Laundries | 38 | 48 | 7 | |
| Workshop Bakehouses | 44 | 205 | 1 | - |
| Other Workshops | 841 | 961 | 21 | - |
| 923 | 1214 | 29 | - | |
| Workplaces | 189 | 229 | 8 | - |
| 1676 | 2255 | 73 | ||
| Home-workers' premises | 451 | 514 | 14 | 0 |
| 2127 | 2769 | 87 | - |
Further details with regard to homeworkers' premises are
given in Table XXXIV.