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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
Wimbledon 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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FACTORIES AND WORKPLACES.
1. Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories with mechanical power | 103 | 13 | — |
| Factories without mechanical power | 12 | 5 | — |
| Other Premises under the Act (including works of building and engineering construction but not including outworkers' Premises) | |||
| Totals | 115 | 18 | — |
2. Defects Found.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Prosecutions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Want of Cleanliness (S.l) | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Overcrowding (S.2) | — | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature (S.3) | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate v e n t i 1 a tion (S.4) | — | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary Conveniences (S.7)— Insufficient | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Unsuitable or Defective | 4 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Not Separate for Sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Other Offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factories and Workshops) Order, 1921, and re-enacted in the Third Schedule to the Factories Act, 1937) | 12 | 10 | 1 | — |
| Totals | 25 | 22 | 3 | — |