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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
Willesden 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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1.—INSPECTION—Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances
| Premises. (1) | Number of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Inspections. (2 | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | ||||
| Factories (including Factory laundries) | 60 | 35 | - | |||
| Workshops (including Workshop laundries) | 423 | 125 | — | |||
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | — | — | — | |||
| Total | 483 | 160 | — | |||
| Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | ||||
| Found. (i) | Remedied. (») | Referred to II M Inspector (4) | ||||
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 107 | 107 | — | — | ||
| Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — | ||
| Overcrowding | 6 | 6 | — | — | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 9 | 9 | — | — | ||
| Other Nuisances | 181 | 169 | — | — | ||
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||||
| Insufficient | 6 | 6 | — | — | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 1 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Not separate for Sexes | 63 | 63 | — | — | ||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | ||||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (S. 101).. | — | - | - | - | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) | 34 | 34 | — | — | ||
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | 13 | 13 | - | - | ||
| Total | 420 | 408 | — | — | ||