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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 1937

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

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106 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1937.

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

TABLE XLII.

DETAILS WITH REGARD TO REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1)Number. (2)
Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, are enumerated here.Workshop Bakehouses53
Workshop Laundries20
Dressmakers' and Milliners´ Workshops98
Bootmakers106
Smiths and Engineers35
Builders33
Tailors66
Motor Engineers60
Upholsterers25
Hairdressers32
Other307
Total number of workshops on Register835

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TABLE XLIII.
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND
WORKPLACES.

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Particulars. (1)Number of Defects.No. of Prosecutions. (5)
Found. (2)Remedied. (3)Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :—*
Want of cleanliness54--
Want of ventilation——--
Overcrowding——--
Want of drainage of floors——--
Other Nuisances87--
Sanitary accommodation :
Insufficient66--
Unsuitable or defective97--
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)
Total2824-—

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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.