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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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(ii) Number of persons concerned in such
cases 1,358
(e) Particulars of any cases in which dwellinghouses
have again become overcrowded after
the Local Authority have taken steps for the
abatement of overcrowding 3
Factories.
Number of factory premises — 509.
| Premises. | Number of:— | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | WrittenNotices. | Occupiers Prosecuted. | ||||
| Factories with mech. power | 1,372 | 14 | — | |||
| Factories without mech. power | 49 | — | — | |||
| Other premises | 4 | — | — | |||
| Totals | 1,425 | 14 | — | |||
| Defects found. | ||||||
| Particulars. | No. of defects:— | |||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred by H.M. Inspector. | Prosecutions. | |||
| Want of cleanliness | 3 | 5 | — | — | ||
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | ||
| Unreasonable temperature | — | — | — | — | ||
| Inadequate ventilation | — | — | — | — | ||
| Ineffective drainage of floors | — | — | — | -— | ||
| Sanitary Convenience:— | ||||||
| Insufficient | 8 | 4 | 6 | — | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 26 | 18 | 5 | — | ||
| Not separate for the sexes | — | — | — | — | ||
| Other offences | 23 | 22 | — | — | ||
| Totals | 60 | 49 | 11 | — | ||