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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
Harrow 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act
| CONTRAVENTIONS FOUND 1969 | CONTRAVENTIONS REMEDIED 1969 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offices | Shops | Catering/ Canteens | Wholesale | Total | Offices | Shops | Catering/ Canteens | Wholesale | Total | |
| Cleanliness—Working Areas | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Ventilation | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Temperature | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Lighting | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Seating Facilities | — | — | ||||||||
| Seating—Sedentary Work | — | |||||||||
| Overcrowding | — | |||||||||
| First Aid | 19 | 23 | 2 | — | 44 | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||
| Sanitary Accommodation | ||||||||||
| (i) Insufficient | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| (ii) Unsatisfactory | 1 | 10 | — | — | 11 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 6 |
| Washing Facilities | ||||||||||
| (i) Insufficient | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| (ii) Unsatisfactory | 3 | 5 | — | — | 8 | 2 | 4 | — | 6 | |
| Drinking Water | — | — | ||||||||
| Staff Clothing | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Eating Facilities | 1 | 1 | — | |||||||
| Thermometer | 3 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Abstract | 9 | 17 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 11 | |
| Stairs, etc. | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Unguarded Machines | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Lifts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| TOTALS | 44 | 88 | 9 | 141 | 21 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 76 | |