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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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| Engineering | 18 | — |
| Furniture and Upholstery | 8 | 3 |
| Gas Storage | 1 | — |
| Glue-making | 1 | — |
| Jewellery Repairs | 1 | 1 |
| Joiners | 6 | — |
| Laundering and Cleaning | 4 | — |
| Milk Pasteurising | 2 | — |
| Motor Vehicle repairing | 24 | — |
| Photography (Printing & Developing) | 1 | — |
| Printing | 6 | — |
| Saw Mills | 2 | — |
| Tailoring | 1 | 2 |
| Undertaking | 1 | — |
| Wallpaper manufacture | 2 | — |
| Wheelwright and Coach Building | 7 | — |
| Miscellaneous Trades | 14 | — |
| 150 | 18 |
334 visits of inspection were made to the premises outlined above and the following defective conditions were remedied:—
| Want of cleanliness to Factory walls, etc. | — |
| Inadequate ventilation of Factories | — |
| Ineffective drainage of Factory floors | — |
| Insufficient Sanitary accommodation | 16 |
| Unsuitable or defective conditions in Sanitary accommodation | 96 |
| Other matters requiring attention | 20 |
| 132 | |
| Shops Acts, 1950. | |
| Shops on the Register | 793 |
| Visits made | 16 |
The above figure docs not include the number of visits paid to
food shops which, when visited, are covered for all provisions of
the Various Acts.