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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
Wembley 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK,
I.— INSPECTION
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 23 | ||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries | 19 | 1 | |
| Workplaces | |||
| Total ... | 42 | 1 | |
2.— DEFECTS FOUND.
| Premises. | Number | Number of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | 1 Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:- | |||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 4 | 4 | |||
| Want of Ventilation | |||||
| Overcrowding | |||||
| Want of drainage of floors | |||||
| Other nuisances | |||||
| Sanitary accomodation | insufficient unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | ||
| not separate for sexes | |||||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (S. 101) | |||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses ss. 97 to 100) | |||||
| Other offences | |||||
| Totals | 5 | 5 | |||