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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
Sutton and Cheam 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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1. Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises.
Number of
Inspections.
Written
Notices.
Occupiers
Prosecuted.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(including Factory laundries)
154
46
—
Workshops
(including Workshop laundries)
270
49
—
Workplaces ..
(other than Outworkers' premises)
38
13
—
Total
462
108
—
2. Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars.
Number of defects.
Number of
offences in
respect to
which prosecutions
were
instituted.
Found.
Remedied.
Referred
to H.M.
Inspector
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Nuisanccs under the Publio
Want of olnanliness
44
42
—
—
Want of Ventilation
—
—
—
—
Overcrowding
—
—
—
—
Want of drainage of floors
—
—
—
—
Other Nuisances
118
112
—
—
Sanitary accommodation—
(a) Insufficient
4
3
—
—
(b) Unsuitable or defective
13
12
—
—
(c) Not separate for sexes
1
1
—
—
180
170
—
—
Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.
Nature of Work.
Instances.
Notices
served.
Prosecutions.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
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—
—
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