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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
Orpington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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A detailed list of the Factories and Workshops remaining at the end of the year is shown in the following Table:—
| Trade. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Factories. | Workshops. | Total. | |
| Saw Mills | 4 | — | 4 |
| Laundries | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Cycle Works | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Carriage Makers and Wheelwright | — | 2 | 2 |
| Printing Works | 3 | — | 3 |
| Carpenters and Builders | — | 25 | 25 |
| Undertakers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Shoeing Forges | — | 8 | 8 |
| Dressmakers and Tailors | — | 8 | 8 |
| Upholsterers | — | 3 | 3 |
| Bakeries | — | 18 | 18 |
| Paper Mills | 1 | — | 1 |
| Harness Makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Bootmaking and Repairing | — | 19 | 19 |
| Chaff Cutting and Corn Grinding | 1 | — | 1 |
| Motor Repairers | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Sculptural Factory | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cab Washing (workplace) | — | 1 | 1 |
| Basket Makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Wireless | — | 3 | 3 |
| Ballast Works | 1 | — | 1 |
| Breeze Block Makers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tile Makers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Builders' Merchants (workplaces) | — | 2 | 2 |
| Electrical Engineers | — | 2 | 2 |
| Plumber | — | 1 | 1 |
| Rag Sorter | — | 1 | 1 |
| Brick Works | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cooperage | 1 | — | 1 |
| Gas Mask Works | 1 | — | 1 |
| Leather Cloth Works | 1 | — | . 1 |
| Total | 32 | 122 | 154 |
One hundred and thirty-eight visits were paid to these
premises, but no defects were found.
1.— Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections (2) | Written Notices (3) | Occupiers prosecuted (4) | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 138 | — | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | |||
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises) | |||
| Total | 138 | — | — |