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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
Tottenham 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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SANITARY WORK CARRIED OUT BY FEMALE
SANITARY INSPECTOR.
Visits to Outworkers Premises 809
„ Workshops 126
„ Laundries 2
„ Factories 8
Complaints investigated 114
Visits re Infectious Diseases 6
Miscellaneous visits 19
Reinspections 567
Swabs taken 554
S. F. contacts examined 307
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
In compliance with section 132, I have to submit a resume of
the work effected during the year—under the provisions of the above
Act—in the form prescribed by the Home Office:—
1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 161 | 61 | ... |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 401 | ||
| Workplaces (other than outworkers' premises included in Fart 3 of this Report). | |||
| Total | 562 | 61 | |