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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 1910
[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 Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 20 | |||||||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 39 | 1 | ||||||
| Workplaces. (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | ||||||||
| Total | 59 | 1 | ||||||
| 2.—DEFECTS FOUND. | ||||||||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | ||||||
| (4) | (5) | |||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 2 | Bakehouses closed. | 1 | |||||
| Want of ventilation | 1 | |||||||
| Overcrowding | ||||||||
| Want of drainage of floors | ||||||||
| Other nuisances | 1 | |||||||
| Sanitary Accommo modation | insufficient | |||||||
| unsuitable or defective | ||||||||
| not separate for sexes | ||||||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s.101) | ||||||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 1 | |||||||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | ||||||||
| Total | 5 | 1 | ||||||