Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Description of Defects, &c. | Factories— Miscellaneous. | Factory Laundries. | Factories-Domestic. | Workshop Laundries. | Domestic Laundries. | Dressmakers. | Miscellaneous Workshops. | Bakehouses. | Outworkers. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number inspected | .. | 11 | .. | 12 | .. | 42 | 34 | 8 | 25 | 132 |
| Want of cleanliness | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |
| Want of ventilation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Sanitary Accommodation:— | ||||||||||
| Insufficient | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Unsuitable or defective | .. | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 12 |
| Not separate for sexes | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Other nuisances | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 11 |
| Failure to affix abstract | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | .. | .. | 14 |
| Number of males employed | .. | 33 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 97 | 22 | 5 | 168 |
| Number of females employed | .. | 293 | .. | 85 | .. | 129 | 37 | .. | 30 | 574 |
| Total number of persons employed | .. | 326 | .. | 96 | .. | 129 | 134 | 22 | 35 | 742 |
| Number of Workshops discontinued | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 12 | 8 | .. | 11 | 33 |
| Number of Workshops re-inspected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Newly discovered | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Re-Visited | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 2 | 10 |
| Rooms measured | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | 4 | 12 |
| Space notices issued | .. | 4 | .. | 6 | .. | 15 | 2 | .. | 2 | 29 |
WILLIAM BUTLER,
Medical Officer of Health.
May 4th, 1910.