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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Table: 1. Inspection of Factories and other premises under the Act.Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors for purposes of provisions as to health.

1. Inspection of Factories and other premises under the Act.

Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors for purposes of provisions as to health.

Premises. (1)Number of
Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Occupiers Prosecuted. (4)
Factories with Mechanical Power22673-
Factories without Mechanical Power23460-
Other Premises (other than Outworkers' premises)---
Total460123-

Table: 2. Defects found in Factories, and other premises under the Act.

2. Defects found in Factories, and other premises under the Act.

Particulars. (1)Number of defects.Number of defects in respect to which prosecutions were instituted. (5)
Found. (2)Remedied. (3)Referred to H.M. Inspector
Want of Cleanliness6362--
Inadequate Ventilation22--
Overcrowding----
Unreasonable Temperature----
Ineffective Drainage of Floors----
Other Nuisances6766--
Sanitary accommodation—
(a) Insufficient33--
(b) Unsuitable or defective75--
(e) Not separate for sexes----
142138--