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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon RDC]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES AND WORKPLACES.
1.—Inspection.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspector of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 19 | ||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 32 | ||
| Workplaces (Others than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | |||
| Total | 51 | ||
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions | Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of ventilation | |||||
| Overcrowding | |||||
| Want of drainage of floors | |||||
| Other nuisances | |||||
| Sanitary Accommodation | insufficient | ||||
| unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | |||
| not separate for sexes | |||||
| 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) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report) | |||||
| Total | 4 | 4 | |||
3.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Bakehouses | 10 |
| Dressmakers, etc. | 5 | |
| Bootmaker | 1 | |
| Workshop Smithy | 1 | |
| Total number of Workshops on (Register | 17 | |