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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
Hendon 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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1. INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries). | 25 | 8 | ... |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 153 | 12 | ... |
| Workplaces | 3 | ... | ... |
| Total | 181 | 20 | ... |
2. DEFECTS FOUND
| Particulars. | Number of Detects. | No. of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts* — | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | |
| Want of ventilation | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Other nuisances | 27 | 27 | ... | ... | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| unsuitable or defective | 20 | 20 | ... | ... | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act- | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S 101) | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | |
| Other offences— | |||||
| (Excluding offences relating to out-work which are included in part 3 of this Report). | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 65 | 64 | ... | ... | |
| The defects found, and which are not shewn as remedied, are now in hand. | |||||