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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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| Furniture and Upholstery | 8 | 5 |
| Gas Storage | 1 | — |
| Glue-making | 1 | — |
| Jewellery Repairs | 1 | 1 |
| Joiners | 5 | — |
| Laundering and Cleaning | 5 | — |
| Milk Pasteurising | 2 | — |
| Motor Vehicle repairing | 23 | 1 |
| Photography (Printing & Developing) | 1 | — |
| Printing | 6 | — |
| Sausage-making | 3 | — |
| Saw Mills | 1 | — |
| Tailoring | 1 | 2 |
| Undertaking | 1 | — |
| Welding | 1 | — |
| Wheelwright and Coach Building | 7 | — |
| Miscellaneous Trades | 17 | — |
| 139 | 18 |
137 visits of inspection were made to the premises outlined above
and the following defective conditions were remedied:—
Want of cleanliness to Factory walls, etc. 4
Inadequate ventilation of Factories 1
Ineffective drainage of Factory floors
Insufficient Sanitary accommodation 2
Unsuitable or defective conditions in Sanitary accommodation
4
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In the main the Factories visited were found to be in good
condition, the defects found being mainly minor in character.