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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
Hammersmith 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The whole of these premises have been under a
systematic inspection by your special Inspector
appointed for that purpose, and numerous improvements
in the sanitary condition of these premises have
been carried out under his supervision. In addition to
this work, Mr. Neighbour performed for some part of
the year the duties of Smoke Inspector.
TABLE I.
Prepared in accordance with the form required
by the Home Office on the administration of the
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 751 | 53 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1,532 | 115 | 1 |
| Workplaces (other than out-workers premises included in Part III of this report) | 908 | 88 | – |
| Total | 3.191 | 256 | 1 |