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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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I.— INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 112 | 12 | Nil. |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 216 | 26 | ,, |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report). | 75 | 15 | ,, |
| Total | 403 | 53 | Nil. |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Want of Cleanliness | 19 | 19 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | ,, | ,, |
| Overcrowding | - | - | ,, | ,, |
| Want of drainage of floors | - | - | ,, | ,, |
| Other Nuisances | 2 | 2 | ,, | ,, |
| (insufficient | 1 | - | ,, | ,, |
| Sanitary unsuitable or de-accommo- fective | 7 | 7 | ,, | ,, |
| dation not separate for sexes | — | — | ,, | ,, |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts :— | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouees(S.101) | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | Nil | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. |
| Otber offences | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. | Nil. |
| Total | 30 | 29 | Nil. | Nil. |