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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 7 | ||
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 79 | 6 | — |
| Workplaces | — | — | — |
| Total | 86 | 6 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remediec | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | |
| Want of Ventilation | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Want of drainage of floors | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other nuisanccs | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| unsuitable or defective | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 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 | 6 | 6 | .. | ||
3.—HOMEWORK.
Two Lists of homeworkers engaged in the making of wearing apparel, were received
from other Councils.