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. |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | b | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
Number inspected | 2 | 40 | .. | 55 | 20 | 49 | 40 | 16 | 67 | 289 |
Want of cleanliness | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
Want of ventilation | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Sanitary Accommodation:— | ||||||||||
Insufficient | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Unsuitable or defective | 1 | 4 | .. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
Not separate for sexes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other nuisances | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 14 |
Failure to affix abstract | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
Number of males employed | 301 | 96 | .. | 50 | 9 | .. | 104 | 38 | 30 | 628 |
Number of females employed | 705 | 776 | .. | 365 | 35 | 134 | 129 | .. | 104 | 2248 |
Total number of persons employed | 1006 | 872 | .. | 415 | 44 | 134 | 233 | 38 | 134 | 2876 |
Number of Workshops discontinued | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 42 |
Number of Workshops re-inspected | .. | 3 | 2 | 37 | 1 | .. | 10 | 5 | .. | 58 |
Newly discovered | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | .. | 7 | 20 |
Re-Visited | 1 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 33 |
Rooms measured | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 5 | .. | 6 | 17 |
Space notices issued | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 7 | 7 | .. | 4 | 27 |
WILLIAM BUTLER,
Medical Officer of Health.
October 8th, 1910.