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
Wood Green 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and
Homework.
I. —INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances
| Premises. | Number of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices | Prosecutions. | ||||||
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | ||||||||
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 317 | 13 | ||||||
| Workplaces | ||||||||
| Homeworkers' Premises | 72 | |||||||
| Total | 389 | 13 | ||||||
| 2. -DEFECTS FOUND. | ||||||||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||||||
| Want of Cleanliness | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Want of Ventilation | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Overcrowding | ||||||||
| Want of Drainage of Floors | ||||||||
| Other Nuisances | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Sanitary Accommodations | insufficient | |||||||
| unsuitable or defective | ||||||||
| not separate for sexes | 1 | Referred to Surveyor | P.H.A.A. 1890 Adopted. | |||||
| Total | 15 | 14 | ||||||