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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Table No. 20.—Defects Found.
Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) | ||
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— | ||||
Want of Cleanliness | 49 | 37 | - | - |
Want of Ventilation | 9 | 7 | - | - |
Overcrowding | — | — | - | - |
Want of drainage of floors | 3 | 3 | - | - |
Other Nuisances | 32 | 30 | - | - |
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 3 | — | - | - |
Unsuitable or defective | 31 | 26 | - | - |
Not separate for Sexes | 10 | 9 | — | - |
Unscreened for Sexes | 11 | 7 | - | - |
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) | 63 | 56 | - | - |
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork) | - | - | - | - |
Total | 211 | 175 | - | - |
Table No. 21.—Registered Workshops.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1) | Number. (2) |
---|---|
Factories | 149 |
Factories, Laundries | 41 |
Workshops, Laundries | 19 |
Domestic Laundries | 5 |
Bakehouses | 62 |
Dressmakers | 56 |
Outworkers | 261 |
Blouse Makers | 10 |
Tailors | 35 |
Bootmakers | 88 |
Metal Workers | 35 |
Wood Workers | 26 |
Seamstresses | 3 |
Motor and Cycle Makers | 37 |
Upholsterers | 9 |
Milliners | 13 |
Miscellaneous | 92 |
Total number of Workshops on Register | 941 |
Table No. 22.—Other Matters.
Class. (1) | N umber. (2) |
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Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | |
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 1 |
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 bv H.M. Inspector | 25 |
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 3 |
Other | — |
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) | |
Certificates granted during the year | — |
In use at the end of the year | 17 |