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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 1938
[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 XL, together with the
number of inspections made. The inspection of food premises
except food factories, are not included in this Table, but are shown
in Table XXXVI.
TABLE XL.
| Class of Works. | Number of Places on Register at end of 1938. | Number of Inspections, 1938. | Number of Notices, 1938. | Number of Prosecutions, 1938. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories:— | ||||
| Factory Laundries | .44 | 30 | 1 | — |
| Factory Bakehouses | 70 | 114 | 1 | — |
| Food Factories entered on Table XXXVI | 21 | 44 | - | - |
| Other Factories | 491 | 257 | 11 | - |
| Total | 626 | 445 | 13 | — |
| Workshops:— | ||||
| Workshop Laundries | 20 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Workshop Bakehouses | 50 | 89 | 2 | — |
| Other Workshops | 756 | 377 | 19 | — |
| Total | 826 | 472 | 22 | — |
| Workplaces | 88 | 74 | 2 | — |
| Total: Factories, Workshops and Workplaces | 1,540 | 991 | 37 | — |
| Home-workers' premises | 524 | 113 | 5 | — |
| Grand Total | 2,064 | 1104 | 42 | — |
Further details with regard to homeworkers' premises are
given in Table XLI.