London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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T ABLB N O . 39.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND
HOMEWORK.
1.—INSPECTION—Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances
| Premises. | Number of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Inspections. | Wntten Notices. | Prosecutions. | |||
| (1) | (2 | (3) | (4) | ||
| Factories (including Factory laundries) | 60 | 18 | - | ||
| Workshops (including Workshop laundries) | 463 | 97 | - | ||
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included iu Part 3 of this Report) | - | - | - | ||
| Total | 523 | 115 | - | ||
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Itcmcdied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 51 | 51 | - | - |
| Want of Ventilation | - | - | - | - |
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Want of drainage of floors | - | - | - | - |
| Other Nuisances | 109 | 98 | - | - |
| Sanitary accommodation- | - | - | - | - |
| Insufficient | - | - | - | - |
| Unsuitable or defective | 38 | 38 | - | - |
| Not separate for Sexes | - | - | - | - |
| 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) | 24 | 24 | - | - |
| Other offences | - | - | - | - |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | ||||
| Total | 225 | 214 | - | - |