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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
Croydon 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following is a list of the various matters which required attention :-
| Factories. | Workshops | Laundries | Bakehouses. | Workplaces. | Outworkers. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screening of C's. | - | - | - | - | |||
| Cleansing, etc. | - | - | |||||
| Insufficient W.C. accommodation | - | - | - | - | |||
| Defective ditto | - | - | - | - | |||
| Overcrowding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dustbins | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paring | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Want of ventilation of stoves | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Want of intervening ventilated space | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | |
| Drinking water supply | 66 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Sundry defects | - | 4 | - | ||||
| 116 | - | 248 |
Preliminary Notices served-
Factories 4
Workshops 5
9
These 9 notices were duly complied with; the remainder of the
matters requiring attention were satisfactorily dealt with by verbal
notice.
Thirty communications were sent to H.M. Inspector of
Factories in accordance with the various requirements of the Act.