London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Factories and Workshops.
Factories with Mechanical Power 317
Factories without Mechanical Power 176
Number of Inspections of Factories and Workplaces 327
Number of Defects concerning which Notices were sent 58
Proceedings before Magistrates —
Offensive Trades.
Fried Pish Shops 29
Other Offensive Trades —
Number of Inspections 102
Contraventions 1
Disinfection.
Rooms Disinfected by Spray:
(а) Ordinary Infectious Disease 10
(b) Tuberculosis 103
(c) Other Conditions 76
Rooms treated for Vermin 78
Articles Disinfected by Steam at Disinfector :
(а) Ordinary Infectious Disease 144
(b) Tuberculosis 510
(c) Other Conditions 1,720
Articles voluntarily destroyed 270

Table: FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.1.—Inspections For Purposes of Provisions as to Health. (Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).

FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

1.—Inspections For Purposes of Provisions as to Health. (Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).

PremisesN umber of
InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
Factories with mechanical power12020_
Factories without mechanical power18025—
Other Premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' premises)27
Total32745—