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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 21. REGISTERED WORKSHoPS.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
|---|---|
| (1) | (2). |
| Factories | 90 |
| Factories, Laundries | 46 |
| Workshops, Laundries | 38 |
| Domestic Laundries | 10 |
| Bakehouses | 58 |
| Dressmakers | 43 |
| outworkers | 215 |
| Blouse Makers | 10 |
| Tailors | 71 |
| Bootmakers | 49 |
| Metal Workers | 7 |
| Wood Workers | 5 |
| Seamstresses | 4 |
| Motor and Cycle Makers | 10 |
| Upholsterers | 5 |
| Milliners | 2 |
| Miscellaneous | 9 |
| Total number of Workshops on Register | 672 |
Table No. 22. oTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number |
|---|---|
| (1) | (2) |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | |
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | ... |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5)— | |
| Notified by H.M. Inspector | 3 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | ... |
| other | 1 |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 10l):— | |
| Certificates granted during the year | ... |
| In use at the end of the year | 15 |
C.-PREVALENCE oF, AND CoNTRoL oVER,
ACUTE INFECTIoUS DISEASES.
Notifications.—The following Table, No. 23, shows
the number of notifications of infectious diseases in
Willesden each year since 1892:—