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Wandsworth 1927

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health

TABLE XXXV.

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 Bakehouses44
Workshop Laundries38
Dressmakers' and Milliners' Workshops152
Bootmakers120
Smiths and Engineers40
Builders44
Tailors75
Motor Engineers42
Upholsterers31
Hairdressers23
V Other305
Total number of workshops on Register923

TABLE XXXVI.

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 cleanliness3531--
Want of ventilation----
Overcrowding---
Want of drainage of floors----
Other Nuisances4139--
Sanitary accommodation :
Insufficient-
Unsuitable or defective3835--
Not separate for sexes-----
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)
Total114105-

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