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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
Ealing 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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BOROUGH OF EALING.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES,
WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK.
1.—inspection
of Nuisances.
| Number of | ||
|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notions | |
| FACTORIES (Including Factory Laundries). | — | — |
| WORKSHOPS (Including Workshop Laundries). | 377 | 16 |
| HOMEWORKERS' PREMISES | 15 | — |
| Total | 392 | 16 |
2.—defects found.
| Found. | Remedied. | |
|---|---|---|
| Want of Cleanliness | 15 | 15 |
| Overcrowding | 2 | 2 |
| Other Nuisances | 3 | 3 |
| Sanitary Accommodation: — | ||
| Unsuitable or Defective | 10 | 10 |
| Other offences | 7 | 7 |
| Total | 37 | 37 |
3.—other matters.
| Matters Notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— | |||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 6 | ||
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act (s. 5):— | |||
| Notified by 11 M. Inspectors | 2 | ||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H M. Inspectors | 2 | ||
| Other | |||
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | |||
| In use at the end of 1905 | 7 | ||
| Number of | |||
| Homework:— | Lists | Outworkers. | |
| Lists Received | 17 | 24 | |
| Addresses of Outworkers:— | |||
| Forwarded to other Authorites | 8 | ||
| Received from other Authorities | 15 | ||
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year:— | |||
| Workshop Bakehouses | 26 | ||
| Workshop Laundries | 6 | ||
| Dressmaking | 70 | ||
| Miscellaneous | 103 | ||
| Total number of Workshops on Register | 205 | ||