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. 17.—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 | 18 | 15 | - | - |
Want of Ventilation | 3 | 3 | - | - |
Overcrowding | — | — | - | - |
Want of drainage of floors | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Other Nuisances | 8 | 6 | - | - |
Sanitary accommodation— | ||||
Insufficient | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Unsuitable or defective | 20 | 16 | - | - |
Not separate for Sexes | 4 | 2 | — | - |
Unscreened 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) | 18 | 15 | - | - |
Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork) | - | - | - | - |
Total | 75 | 60 | - | - |
Table No. 18.—Registered Workshops.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
---|---|
(1) | (2) |
Factories | 176 |
Factories, Laundries | 38 |
Workshops, Laundries | 22 |
Domestic Laundries | 6 |
Bakehouses | 54 |
Dressmakers | 58 |
Outworkers | 761 |
Blouse Makers | 3 |
Tailors | 48 |
Bootmakers | 89 |
Metal Workers | 52 |
Wood Workers | 43 |
Seamstresses | 1 |
Motor and Cycle Makers | 52 |
Upholsterers | 9 |
Milliners | 20 |
Miscellaneous | 107 |
Total number of Workshops on Register | 1,539 |
Table No. 19.—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) | 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 by H.M. Inspector | 5 |
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 |