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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
Chislehurst 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 13 | Nil | Nil. |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 60 | — | — |
| Workplaces | — | — | — |
| Total | 73 | Nil | Nil. |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
| Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| Want of Cleanliness | 2 | 2 | Nil, | Nil. | |
| Want of Ventilation | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisances | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| †Sanitaiy Accommodation | insufficient | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| not separate for sexes. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other offences | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Total | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | |
| †Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, is in force. | |||||
3.—HOMEWORK.
One List received from another Council of persons engaged in making wearing apparel.
Inspections or Outworkers' Premises. - I,