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
Richmond upon Thames 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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| Clothing | 4 | 1 |
| Dressmaking | 5 | 5 |
| Electrical Instruments | 4 | — |
| Engineering | 13 | — |
| Furniture and Upholstery | 3 | 4 |
| Furriers | — | 2 |
| Gas Storage | 1 | — |
| Glue-making | 1 | — |
| Jewellery Repairs | 1 | 2 |
| Joiners | 4 | — |
| Laundering and Cleaning | 5 | — |
| Leather Craft | 2 | — |
| Milk Pasteurising | 2 | — |
| Motor Vehicle repairing | 24 | — |
| Photography (Printing and Developing) | 2 | — |
| Printing | 6 | — |
| Sausage-making | 3 | — |
| Saw Mills | 2 | — |
| Tailoring | 1 | 2 |
| Undertaking | 1 | — |
| Welding | 2 | — |
| Wheelwright and Coach Building | 5 | — |
| Wig-making | — | 1 |
| Miscellaneous Trades | 16 | |
| 140 | 25 |
127 visits of inspection were made to the premises outlined above and the following defective conditions were remedied:—
| Want of cleanliness to Factory walls, etc. | 1 |
| Inadequate ventilation of Factories | 2 |
| Ineffective drainage of Factory floors | 1 |
| Insufficient Sanitary Accommodation | 1 |
| Unsuitable or defective conditions in Sanitary accommodation | 4 |