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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
Acton 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND
HOMEWORK
1. INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises | Inspections | Written Notices |
|---|---|---|
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 15 | 5 |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 198 | 38 |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 6 | - |
| Total | 219 | 43 |
2. DEFECTS FOUND.
| Found | Remedied | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :— | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 31 | 31 | |
| Want of ventilation | 3 | 3 | |
| Overcrowding | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 9 | 9 | |
| Other Nuisances | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 1 | 1 |
| unsuitable or defective | 14 | 14 | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 59 | 59 | |
3. HOME WORK. OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.
| NATURE OF WORK. | Twice Yearly. | Once Yearly. | Outworkers' forwarded to other Councils. | Inspection of Outworkers' Premises | Infected Premises, Instances. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Lists. | Outworkers. | Outworkers' received from other Councils. | ||||
| Wearing Apparel— | ||||||||
| (1) making, etc | 96 | 150 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 2 | 35 | _ |
| (2) cleaning washing | 78 | 196 | 15 | 46 | — | 2 | 67 | 5 |
| Brush making | 2 | 18 | — | — | — | 9 | 15 | _ |
| Stuffed toys | 2 | 88 | — | — | - | 8 | 46 | — |
| Total | 178 | 352 | 21 | 55 | 54 | 21 | 193 | |