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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
Twickenham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Petroleum Acts.
The Sanitary Inspectors are appointed Inspectors under the Petroleum Acts, and supervise
the stores where petroleum spirit and carbide of calcium are kept.
Fifty-four licences to keep petroleum spirit were issued. Of these, nine were for the
storage of petrol in cans, six for storage of petrol in tanks, and a small supply in cans, the
remainder being for storage in underground tanks only.
Five licences were granted for the keeping of carbide of calcium.
The number of visits paid by the Inspectors in connection with these premises was 197.
Factories and Workshops.
Number of factories in the district 68
Number of workshops 120
Number of workplaces 2
In accordance with the requirements of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, a statement
of inspection is submitted, together with the defects found, and the result of action taken.
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES, Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) * | 135 | 10 | _ |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 157 | 9 | — |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers premises) | 5 | 2 | — |
| Total | 297 | 21 | — |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulats. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Want of cleanliness | 4 | 3 | — | - |
| Want of ventilation | — | — | — | - |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — |
| Other nuisances | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| Sanitary accommodation— | — | — | ||
| insufficient | — | 1 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 6 | 3 | — | — |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to but-work and offences under the Sections mentioned in the Schedule to the Ministry of Health (Factory and Workshops Transfer of Powers) Order, 1921) | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Total | 20 | 16 | — | — |
*including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under
the Public Health Acts.
Shops Acts.
The Sanitary Inspectors are not authorised as Inspectors under the Shops Acts.